The influential pro-life Catholic Church in Malawi has said its teachings on abortion are not shaken even with the recent announced proposed grounds for legal abortion in the country, saying they are unacceptable in the Church. The Church has publicly announced its stance on the issue few weeks after pronouncement of findings and recommendations by […]
Malawi Parliament has a huge task of guiding the nation on very crucial issues. This week, two issues were in the public domain and one of them will sooner rather than later need their seal. One is on the call to legalise industrial hemp farming while the other is on decriminalising abortion. While the former […]
The Malawi Special Law Commission on Abortion on Friday unveiled a final report on abortion law review which contains a new abortion bill known as Termination of Pregnancy Bill whhich advances for liberalisation of abortion in the country as opposed to decriminalisation. The final findings were presented at the function which took place at Capital Hotel in […]
The Coalition on Prevention of Unsafe Abortions (Copua) has engaged Malawi media house editors to persuade government through the media to speed up the reform process of abortion laws and reduce deaths of Malawian women. Copua coordinator Chrispin Sibande told the editors that law reform was one way of addressing deaths of pregnant women through […]
Coalition for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (COPUA) has persuaded Members of Parliament from Legal Affairs Committee on the need to reform the abortion law in the country to ensure that no woman dies from unsafe abortion. Copua organised a dialogue meeting with Legal Affairs Committee on Women’s Rights, Unsafe Abortion and Law Reform in Malawi held at […]
Police in Phalombe on Friday arrested a 40 year-old primary school teacher for allegedly defiling a standard seven pupil. The teacher, Frank Chitseko is also accused of aiding the 13 year-old (name withheld) to abort a pregnancy. Chitseko of T/A Kaduya in Phalombe and a teacher at Phaloni primary school, is alleged to have been in a […]
Members of Parliament from women caucus and chairpersons from various committees have spoken in support of reform of abortion laws and policies in a bid to expand access to safe abortion and increase awareness among stakeholders and within Malawian society. The MPs made the demand during a dialogue meeting on Women’s Rights, Unsafe Abortion and Law […]
Thyolo is registering high number of abortion cases and teenage pregnancies despite interventions by government and non-government organisations (NGOs). Thyolo District Youth Friendly Health Service (YFHS) coordinator Dorothy Koloviko disclosed this in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) after Youth Technical Sub-committee visited Makungwa Health Centre. Koloviko, who could not immediately give figures of teenage pregnancies, said the district public health facilities […]
Traditional leaders in the country have asked government to review and abolish anti – abortion laws noting that the current laws were outdated and not in line with modern practice in the medical field. The chiefs made the appeal in an interview with Malawi News Agency on Sunday at a two day workshop for traditional […]
Senior Traditional leaders and Clergy from northern Malawi have asked the Malawi government to develop new and modern laws on abortion that take into account women’s rights and the concerns of the population. Officially illegal, but by no means uncommon, abortion is a controversial topic in Malawi. Abortion is outlawed except in cases where pregnancy […]
Government of Malawi is spending K232 million in providing care for post-abortion with 70, 000 women having abortion every year. Abortion is legally restricted in Malawi with the Penal Code penalizing it with a minimum of 14 years in prison and experts have since called for a review of such laws. According to statistics presented […]
Coalition for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (COPUA) says there is need to reform the abortion law in the country to ensure that no woman dies from unsafe abortion. COPUA’s National Coordinator Chrispine Sibande speaking in Mzuzu on Thursday during a capacity building workshop for northern region based journalists said it is high time the current abortion […]
A few days ago, Nkhoma Synod issued a statement opposing abortion legislation in Malawi claiming abortion, in the eyes of God, is wrong, evil, cruel, sinful and satanic. The synod, which has more than two million members, further said it had the responsibility of fighting against everything bad for the multifaceted growth of the human being. […]
Central Church African Presbyterian (CCAP) Nkhoma Synod has said it is against legalization of abortion in Malawi, saying abortion, in the eyes of God, is wrong, evil, cruel, sinful and satanic. Currently, abortion is outlawed except in cases where pregnancy threatens the life of the mother. Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu has however assured that government […]
The subject of abortion is not easy to tackle even in Christian circles. This is because the bible is not clear on this subject but clear on the subject of murder. There is still a worldwide hot debate on this subject that up to now there is no conclusive answer to the subject. The choice […]
Over 70,000 women abort every year and because it is almost illegal to abort in Malawi, many of them resort to unsafe abortions as a result 17% of maternal deaths in Malawi are attributable to unsafe abortion, making it one of the primary causes of maternal mortality. 30% of all admissions in country’s gynaecological wards are […]
Health ministers from several African countries have vowed to tackle the high number of deaths of women due to unsafe and crude abortion by among other efforts, expanding the provision of safe abortion services. The commitment was made by ministers of health and gender and senior government officials from Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, […]
A strong call has gone out to Malawi government authorities to immediately consider reviewing the country’s existing restrictive abortion laws to save lives of women and girls mostly from poor families who are dying to due to complications from unsafe abortion services sought from untrained people in their neighborhoods. The call was made Tuesday night during […]