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The church leaders from various denominations
marched to Parliament on Wednesday to support their members who appeared before
Parliament to put forward arguments against the legalisation of abortion.
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'Let our
unborn children live' – Church ready for abortion fight
Loop News Created: 30 January 2019
Jamaica News
Church
leaders from various denominations, under the banner Jamaica CAUSE, took their
anti-abortion stance to Gordon House on Wednesday afternoon, following a
five-hour-long abortion symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown,
Kingston.
The
church leaders were invited to make a presentation to a Joint Select Committee
at Parliament and assembled a high-profile panel to assist.
The panel
included Professor Brendan Bain, a retired professor of community health at
UWI, Mona; Dr Charlie Royes, a retired consultant surgeon; and Christina
Milford, Head of Pregnancy Resource Centre of Jamaica, Montego Bay.
The
church leaders are of the view that abortion causes serious psychological
effects on the woman and that it can cause damage to the female body.
Again, at
Parliament, with a number of Christian medical doctors in their midst, the
church leaders argued that the fetus takes on a life of its own as soon as the
man's sperm meets the woman's egg.
The
church leaders said they are willing to take the fight against legalising
abortion to whatever level needed as they are pro-life and will fight the
government or private entities and non-government organisations to ensure that
the act remains illegal.
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'Let our unborn children live' – Church
leaders ready for abortion fight
Published on Jan 30, 2019
Church
leaders from various denominations, under the banner Jamaica CAUSE, took their
anti-abortion stance to Gordon House on Wednesday afternoon, following a
five-hour-long abortion symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhXzfKxVMTM
Jamaica Baptist Union weighs in on abortion debate
LOOP NEWS CREATED: 6 FEBRUARY 2019
JAMAICA NEWS
The Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) has declared that
life should be treasured as they became the latest denomination locally to add
its voice to the ongoing controversial issue of abortion.
Associate General Secretary of the JBU, Reverend
Merlyn Hyde-Riley, weighed in on the issue while speaking in Montego Bay on
Tuesday at the launch of the JBU Assembly 2019, which is to be held in Montego
Bay between January 20 and 24.
"The Jamaica Baptist Union affirms
human life and we would not treat without great care and regard, human life in
all its forms," she said.
Hyde-Riley, however, suggested that there should be
consideration of compassion towards pregnant women who choose to terminate
their pregnancies in life-threatening situations.
"In certain cases, such as a case
where a mother's life is at risk, one would have to contemplate seriously, what
is the best course of action, and so we would not simply say we are pro-life or
we are not pro-life, because it is, in our view, not simply a black and white
situation. It must be treated sensitively and in a caring and compassionate
manner," Hyde-Riley pointed out.
She essentially reflected similar views to that of
head of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, Pastor Ted Wilson.
"Most Seventh Day Adventists would
be very supportive of the sanctity of life and are not in favour of abortion
unless the mother’s life is in danger or perhaps there was incest or rape
involved, and that is left to the individual to decide, at least in some
countries," Wilson recently stated.
Parliamentarian, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, made a call
last Tuesday for the Government to consider relaxing the abortion laws to
ensure that women have access to safe abortions.
Her resolution, if accepted, would repeal sections
72 and 73 of the Offences Against the Persons Act, and substitute it with a
civil law titled the ‘Termination of Pregnancy Act’.
Currently, the Jamaican law criminalises any
attempt at an abortion, with women who attempt to terminate pregnancies facing
the possibility of life in prison. Those who assist in the process can be
imprisoned for up to three years.
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