Abortion rights activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on April 15, 2023. Hundreds gathered on Capitol Hill as part of a nationwide day of protest, organized by women’s rights advocates and health care providers, opposing legal efforts to restrict the abortion drug mifepristone. (Photo by Alejandro Alvarez/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.
Dear Editor:
Evangelicals and the Abortion Law
Our Evangelical Alliance (EA) seem more concerned about the abortion law than about abortion.
Our current criminal law is ineffective. It does not protect fetal life. It does not stop abortions.
It is inequitable, since it only affects the vulnerable – the poor and the young.
It is harmful. It forces some women to take risks to end unwanted pregnancies.
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It discriminates against women even when they have been victims of violence, whether rape or incest.
It discriminates because it absolves men from any responsibility whatsoever for unwanted pregnancies.
Abortion is widespread in Antigua and the Caribbean: 65-74% of women will have at least one abortion by age 44. Most of them will have more than one.
The law is unenforced but remains available for arbitrary abuse.
About 80% of so-called teenage pregnancies are caused by men 20 years and older.
Sexual violence is endemic. At least 26% report experiences of forced sex, 19% have been abused by their partner and an appalling 19% report being sexually abused as a child.
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We can change the law and address these facts, or we can continue to deny this reality.
The EA worries that bringing the abortion law in line with our modern Constitution and international conventions we have signed would “erode our nation’s moral code.” Really?
In the face of these data, which probably underrepresent the true sexual horror our women and girls encounter, what is the grand moral standard the EA seeks to protect?
The Government must summon the moral courage to take actions that are decades overdue: Decriminalize abortion, foster sexual education, improve contraceptive usage and hold sexual predators accountable.
Sincerely, ASPIRE
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