Pro-choice advocates have come out strongly against a suggested referendum on abortion reform in Jamaica.
The activists voiced their disapproval during a peaceful demonstration, organised by community-based advocacy organisation We-Change, along Hope Road in St Andrew over the weekend.
A We-Change representative told
Loop News that the group wanted to hear more from Members of Parliament (MPs) on their stance on the issue.
Watch the video below. So far we have heard that (MPs) might opt to do a referendum but we are saying that a referendum doesn t make sense on this particular issue because not many Jamaicans know that abortion is a healthcare issue, it is a human rights issue and women should be able to make the decision on what happens with their bodies, the woman said.
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Jamaicans share deepest secrets in fresh push to allow abortion Reuters > By Reuters - 20 February 2021 - 11:41 Jamaican law bans abortion with a penalty of life in jail. Image: 123RF/David Carillet
Midway through sex, Trishana s boyfriend removed the condom she d told him to use, resulting in an unwanted pregnancy and the prospect of life in jail if she was caught terminating it.
Trishana s gynaecologist agreed to perform an abortion in his clinic after hours for about $300 (R4 397,69), although he could have been jailed for three years if caught. It was definitely was the right decision to make. I m still a 20-something figuring life out, said Trishana, who declined to publish her real name but plans to anonymously submit her story to Abortion Jamaica, a website set up last month.
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A Baptist pastor has called on Jamaicans to remember the rights of unborn children, as the question of abortion has again been placed on the national agenda.
Delivering the sermon at the 41st annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Rev Dr Dylan Toussaint from the Edgewater and Waterford circuit of Baptist Churches called on Jamaicans to bring hope to the lives of the unborn.
“As our nation again deliberates on the issue of abortion, along with the rights of others, let us remember to include the rights of the unborn child and thus keep his or her hope alive, said the clergyman of 32 years.
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