SOUTH AFRICA: VOTERS ARE DUE TO HEAD TO THE POLLS ON 29 MAY 2024 FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS.
VOTE PROLIFE!
Abortion is a tragic issue which has affected many in the beautiful land of South Africa. On 1 February 1997 abortion-on-demand was legalized in South Africa. By 2024 an estimated two million babies in South Africa had lost their lives through abortion, mostly with taxpayers' money. [1] This loss of life has left devastation in its wake. Nationwide demonstrations against the abortion law have swept the country over past years as pro-lifers repeatedly marched to Parliament. People from Worcester, Velddrift, Hermanus, Malmesbury, Durbanville, Belville, Klipjeville, Cape Town, Kroonstad, Bloemfontein, Durban, East London, Pretoria, as well as many others areas have protested the abortion law over the past few years. [1], [2], [3], [4]. [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13].
Protests at abortion clinics
Protests at abortion clinics have been widespread throughout the country, such as the protests at Marie Stopes Clinic in Cape Town [2] and Pretoria [9].
National Alliance for Life
National Alliance for Life (NAL) is a platform for pro-life organizations, churches and individuals to be heard. This vibrant platform is strongly supported by pro-lifers in South Africa and further afield. An NAL conference pamphlet affirmed that "We must take a stand against the killing of children until it (abortion) is abolished." [13]
Dr de Vos
Dr Jacques de Vos faced charges for allegedly telling a pregnant woman that 'her fetus was a human being' and that an abortion kills an unborn human, Alleged News. [14] Dr de Vos lost his employment and was banned from practising medicine, Alleged News. [14] He was only a week away from finishing his medical degree, Alleged News. [14] Protests regarding the fate of Dr de Vos spread from South Africa to Kenya, Alleged News. [15] More than 19,000 signatures from African citizens - concerned about the fate of pro-life Dr Jacques de Vos - were delivered to High Commissioner Thembela Ngculu at his Nairobi office; Alleged News. [15] In 2022, Dr de Vos was cleared to practise again after a five-year ban, Alleged News. [16]
Forced sterilisations at hospitals
In South Africa, at least 15 hospitals and 48 staff were involved in coerced or forced sterilisation of women living with HIV/Aids, Alleged News. [17] A report by the Commission for Gender Equality in South Africa investigated reported cases and found that staff at the hospitals were party to gross human rights violations, as well as those of reproductive rights, Alleged News. [17]
Abortion without consent
Buyiselwa Daweti said her horrific ordeal with a private hospital in Cosmo City in 2002 inspired her to fight for reproductive health rights and awareness, especially for vulnerable women sterilised against their will, Alleged News. [17]
"I had an abortion without my consent, which is in line with [forced] sterilisation, based on a lie by a doctor, who said my twins were not growing. He gave me tablets stating he wanted the twins to grow. The next day, I had a miscarriage which I thought was natural," Daweti said; Alleged News. [17]
Forced sterilisations
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), a Chapter 9 institution, released its report on 24 February 2020 revealing how hospitals forced and coerced women to agree to being sterilised, Alleged News. [17] The cases of violated women date back to 2001, Alleged News. [17] Some of the women made to sign sterilisation agreements while in severe pain only learned later from private gynaecologists that their fallopian tubes had been cut during labour, Alleged News. [17]
Learned during labour
Other women learned during labour that they would be sterilised, allegedly after hospital doctors told them women with HIV should not have children, Alleged News. [17] The CGE found that the women were made to sign forms under duress, as they were threatened with not being assisted with caesarean procedures they needed: Alleged News. [17]
Call to stop illegal abortion advertisements
Director Justin Jones noted that "you cannot drive anywhere in a South African city these days without seeing illegal posters selling prophets, potions . . . Then there are also the ones that are selling things like "quick abortions" . . . which are inevitably done by unlicensed practitioners in unsafe conditions."
"When the various posters are analysed, it becomes noticeably clear as to why the originator or owner uses the illegal (guerilla type) approach to advertise.
The practises they are advertising are normally illegal, and they are preying on the poor, the desperate and the marginalised." [18]
Outrage against backstreet abortions - public protest
Protest marches took to the streets in South Africa as outrage against backstreet abortions continued to grow. [19] Deputy Health Minister Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, accompanied by Gauteng Health MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi and Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell, led a march against illegal and unsafe abortions, Alleged News. [19]
Dead foetuses litter the streets
Most of the numbers of unidentified infant bodies received by the Johannesburg Forensic Pathology Services (FPS) medico-legal mortuary in Braamfontein are foetuses; Alleged News. [19] They are abandoned - discarded around the city, Alleged News. [19] Foetal osteologist Roxanne Thornton works with these deceased infants, Alleged News. [19] The dead babies come in as viable foetuses (more than 26 weeks), and as non-viable foetuses (those who would not survive outside the womb), Alleged News. [19] (The viable foetuses are thus dead preborn infants of more than six-and-a-half months, Alleged News.)
Osteologist Thornton said many of the abandoned foetuses are illegal abortion cases, mostly stillborn and abandoned; Alleged News. [19] Osteologist Thornton said, "I work with foetal prenatal bones. The goal is to prove the case forensically. The reason I do this is because there are hardly any inquests for the dumped [foetuses] - they don't get investigated and they are forgotten. This is an injustice.
"I believe these children should have a voice. A lot are dumped just around the corner from a shelter or abortion clinic," Alleged News. [19]
Pro-lifer received conviction
In February 2013, Mr Peter Throp received a conviction for damaging property by placing pro-life stickers over illegal abortion stickers, Alleged News. [19] Mr Throp received sentence of a fine of R5 000 or three months imprisonment, suspended for five years, Alleged News. [19] In March 2014, the Cape Town High Court upheld Mr Throp's appeal; Alleged News. [19]
15% of maternal deaths due to abortion complications
Unsafe, illegal pregnancy terminations lead to 15% of South Africa's maternal deaths, Alleged News. [19] According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in South Africa 15% of maternal deaths are due to abortion complications, Alleged News. [19]
Abortion is legal for children in South Africa
On December 11, 1996, South Africa enacted the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act. This Act gives women of any age or marital status access to abortion services upon request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and, in certain cases, extends access to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. [19] Currently, in South Africa, children are legally barred from drinking alcohol and from driving cars until they are 18 years of age. [19]
In South Africa, children between 12-14 years of age are being granted abortions, many of them without their parents' knowledge. [19]
Over 10,000 babies are abandoned in South Africa every year
Every year, over 10 000 babies are abandoned in South Africa, with the majority of them found dead, Alleged News. [20] Director Nadine Grabham said, "A lot of babies are abandoned due to failed abortions. Born alive, only to die from unsafe abandonment," Alleged News. [20]
Sadness in South Africa
The introduction of abortion-on-demand in 1997 made abortion legal in South Africa. Instead of backstreet abortions becoming less, they have - alongside legal abortions - proliferated to the point that illegal stickers advertising abortion are a common sight in South Africa. Dead babies have been discarded in the streets, such as the eleven foetuses found in a bucket at a taxi rank in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape; Alleged News. [21] There had been speculation that the foetuses could have originated from a local clinic, Alleged News. [21]
Every abortion causes the death of an innocent child
Dr Claude Newbury of Pro-Life South Africa wrote the following, "Every abortion, legal or illegal, causes the death of a totally innocent, helpless unborn child." [22]
THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA
IS STAGGERING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF DEATH
DUE TO ABORTION
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- AGAINST LEGALISING PORNOGRAPHY
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[1] Christians gather in Cape Town to march for life, Alleged News
https://joynews.co.za/christians-gather-in-cape-town-to-march-for-life/
[2] South Africa: Nationwide demonstrations against the abortion law
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/south-africa-nationwide-demonstrations.html
[3] March for Life Cape Town South Africa - meet the protesters against abortion law
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-for-life-cape-town-south-africa.html
[4] March for Life Cape Town South Africa - meet the protesters against abortion law [2]
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-for-life-cape-town-south-africa_8.html
[5] March for Life Cape Town South Africa - meet the protesters against abortion law [3]
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-for-life-cape-town-south-africa_16.html
[6] March for Life Cape Town South Africa - meet the protesters against abortion law [4]
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-for-life-cape-town-south-africa_22.html
[7] March for Life Cape Town South Africa - meet the protesters [5]
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-for-life-cape-town-meet.html
[8] March for Life Cape Town South Africa - meet the protesters [6]
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/02/march-for-life-cape-town-meet_22.html
[9] South Africa: Pretoria Prolife Rally protests abortion law
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/03/south-africa-pretoria-prolife-rally.html
[10] South Africa Pretoria Prolife Rally - meet the protesters
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/03/south-africa-pretoria-prolife-rally_9.html
[11] South Africa Pretoria Prolife Rally - meet the protesters 2
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/03/south-africa-pretoria-pro-life-rally.html
[12] South Africa Pretoria Prolife Rally - meet the protesters 3
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/03/south-africa-pretoria-pro-life-rally_24.html
[13] South Africa affirms the sanctity of unborn life at the NAL Conference
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/05/south-africa-affirms-sanctity-of-unborn.html
[14] South Africa: Pro-life Dr de Vos charged with unprofessional conduct for telling patient abortion kills a human being, Alleged News
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/201908/south-africa-pro-life-dr-de-vos-charged.html
[15] South Africa: Pro-life Doctor "is accused of trying to dissuade a patient from terminating her pregnancy," Alleged News
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2019/12/south-africa-pro-life-doctor-is-accused.html
[16] Pro-life medic cleared to practise as a doctor again after five-year ban, Alleged News
[17] South Africa; Forced Sterilisations at hospitals, Alleged News
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2020/02/south-africa-abortion-without-consent.html
[18] South Africa: Call to stop illegal abortion advertisements
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2022/04/south-africa-call-to-stop-illegal.html
[19] South Africa: outrage against backstreet abortions grows while aborted babies' bodies are received by mortuaries; Alleged News
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2022/10/south-africa-outrage-against-backstreet.html
[20] Over 10 000 babies are abandoned in South Africa every year: Baby Savers SA; Alleged News
[21] Eleven foetuses found at taxi rank, Alleged News
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/eleven-foetuses-found-at-taxi-rank-1688294
[22] Comments and Recommendations from Pro-Life South Africa concerning the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill 2003, Alleged News
https://static.pmg.org.za/docs/2004/appendices/040803pro-life.htm
With thanks to joynews.co.za, iol.co.za, static.pmg.org.za and savotersguide.co.za
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