Ultrasound technology, together with biology, embryology, fetal surgery, and examination of the human remains of an abortion, all tell us that the victim targeted for abortion is a human being, belonging to the human family, a human being who can be identified as a daughter or son, a ‘who’ not a generic ‘thing’.

True justice requires that elective abortions be recognized and treated not as harmless, idiosyncratic, personal ‘choices’ but as abusive practices, as human rights violations perpetrated by abortionists and involving the complicity of politicians, judges and others.

I am a British physician who practiced obstetrics when abortion was illegal and then again after the law was reformed in 1966. i saw first hand how women suffered and were exploited when abortion was illegal and how they benefitted when the law was changed. Interestingly the so-called social clause the allows doctors to take into account the woman’s social environment was based on a statement made by the Archbishop of CAnterbury. There is compelling evidence from New York State and from Romania that making abortion safe does not increase the total number of abortions, although it reduces the number… Read more »

the new abortion bill is way overdue, considering the international situation, as well as the well being of Malawi’s women. However it must include also danger to the mental well being of the woman as a legitimate reason for abortion. We want women’s rights, including abortion rights. Women are just as capable as men to decide on their own body; we should not disqualify their opinion. We all want to prevent abortions, making it illegal is not effective. The effective solution is early comprehensive sex education including family planning, combined with widely available methods of modern family planning for every… Read more »