Fri Apr 21, 2023 – 2:47 pm EDT
(Pro-Life Global) — Namibia, a large coastal country bordering South Africa with a population of only 2.7 million, is hosting public hearings on whether to legalize abortion.
Namibians have been rallying religious and community leaders and young people to attend the government hearings and express their vote for life. The hearings started on April 15th in the Khomoas region of Namibia and continue through April 26th. In Namibia, abortion is currently legal only when the unborn child threatens the life or health of the mother, is seriously disabled, or was conceived through rape or incest.
The hearings follow the introduction of a motion in parliament to expand Namibia’s abortion laws. Organized by the government, the hearings gauge the public’s stance on the issue. Votes are taken at each hearing and the tally of these results gets put into a report which will inform Parliament of the public stance and then the next round of proceedings will begin.
In Namibia, there is a general sense of the value of life, but a small group of people seek to sway the youth to support abortion in Namibia, according to Sasha, the
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