{{Various Religious Denominations in the country have agreed that abortion is an act of killing nevertheless. This was mentioned during the interreligious press conference convened at Peace Plan.}} <\/p>\n
Religious leaders insisted on the fact that aborting is killing an innocent child who would become a beneficial person to the society.<\/p>\n
This comes in response to the new law on abortion which provides for abortion right in special instances. <\/p>\n
Bishop Smargade Mbonyintege, of kabgayi diocese, said \u201cwe have no power to alter its legalization; however as Christians we will express our views and we will show how it is a crime nonetheless\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mbonyintege said that abortion is a sin punished by God, and intentional assisted abortion is punished by the medical codes.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife is God given, and he is the only one to take it away. Man is not merely body, but consciousness also\u201d adds bishop Mbonyintege.<\/p>\n
He also referred to the penal codes of the approved article 165 by the parliament, but not yet signed on by the president of Rwanda, absolves that criminal liability for a woman who aborts and a medical doctor who assist a <\/p>\n
woman in aborting should be in the following four conditions:
\n-* When a woman is pregnant as a result of rape
\n-* In case of forced marriage
\n-* When there is Incest in the second degree
\n-* When continuation of the pregnancy endangers the health of the unborn babyor that of the pregnant woman.<\/p>\n
He says again that if they want to legalize it, a referendum should be the means to seek public opinion. For Christianity is 96% total population. He said that he doesn\u2019t think they would vote for it.<\/p>\n
Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje, said that the annual 60.000 abortion cases should be pre-prevented, the same for rape, without necessarily legalizing abortion. He said on the contrary, it would increase the annual abortion.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Rwanda discarded the death penalty, abortion should also penalized\u2019\u2019 says archbishop Osphore.<\/p>\n
In a letter by catholic Episcopal church in Rwanda to Christians in rwanda, it says, \u201cwe are strongly opposed to the so called Maputo treaty\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
It also says that they once wrote a letter to the president of the republic of Rwanda on 17 January 2007 showing their concerns once abortion is legalised.<\/p>\n
Talking to the population, different people said that abortion in relation to the above mentioned conditions would benefit those who do not fit in the prescribed conditions. <\/p>\n
After all it is almost impossible to know who aborted as a result of rape. Since many are used to sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n
It will also cause psychological problems, since those who commit abortion do always have that guilt in their hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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