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Monday, February 11, 2019

Jamaica CAUSE unites against abortion


 
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.

'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.


 
Jamaica CAUSE in huge numbers protesting on June 29, 2014 at 5pm

'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.







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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