by Steven Ertelt | Nairobi, Kenya | LifeNews.com | 8/5/11
In a new video interview, Father Raphael Wanjohi, the director of Human Life International Kenya, a pro-life organization, says the effect of the new Constitution the nation adopted is that legalized abortion has expanded quickly. Wanjohi says the Obama administration — and Obama himself — is responsible for the adoption of the Constitution that resulted in allowing two abortion businesses to expand their reach into Kenya.
HLI distributed the new video today and below is a transcript of the interview:
Q: How has life in Kenya changed since the new constitution was approved one year ago?
Fr. Wanjohi: Yeah, there was this new, a referendum, a new constitution which had to be approved. And the Catholic Church, and most other churches were not in favor of it because of some sections that were to be rectified or to be adjusted or to be rephrased before the constitution. But we worked harder to see that, and especially this one, was very much on abortion. Then, it started very well, “abortion is not legal.” But somehow, along the line came, It’s not legal except when the health of the mother is in danger. Then wanted to know, “what does that ‘health’ mean?” Because health does not mean death. Health may mean one is having headache, or one is having really stomachache. One feels the weight is going on. So that needed, in theory to be really clear because the Church has felt that the sanctity of life is very, very important. But, we had a lot of money from America, more than twenty-three million dollars, which were really poured in to make sure that that constitution—has to pass through that referendum.
Q: Did the referendum make abortion legal in Kenya?
Fr. Wanjohi: One can say, okay, formally it is not legalized, but when you look at the constitution itself, it is legalized. It is legal. Because a woman can just go and say, “I don’t want really this baby because it’s affecting my health.” And that’s, that’s automatically now. Abortion is legal in Kenya.
Q: What does this mean for the Kenyan People?
Fr. Wanjohi: It’s a sad story. It’s a bad day for them because it means now we have seen the mushrooming of Marie Stopes now, where they were not there before. Now they are there in small towns carrying on with the abortion of the girls – high school girls, whatever they are because they say it’s affecting my health. It’s going to affect my education. What’s really to do? So now nobody can really chide them now. Doctors, the abortionists, have the free hand to carry on with the abortion.
In America we have Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood here which was started—but on the other hand we have Marie Stopes, which was like Margaret Sanger here in America. So Marie Stopes in Great Britain. So we have the British who are Marie Stopes—it’s the same philosophy. It’s very much for abortion for the poor. Abortion has really to be encouraged to make people really progress, free of charge. Free. They don’t pay, provided they are going to go for abortion. Now before that was very much limited, they would not be able to do it, but now with this constitution they have started going out.
And now where we are working, where our headquarters is, they just came about now after constitution was approved. Now they’re already there with a big clinic carrying out their work of abortion.
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HLI distributed the new video today and below is a transcript of the interview:
Q: How has life in Kenya changed since the new constitution was approved one year ago?
Fr. Wanjohi: Yeah, there was this new, a referendum, a new constitution which had to be approved. And the Catholic Church, and most other churches were not in favor of it because of some sections that were to be rectified or to be adjusted or to be rephrased before the constitution. But we worked harder to see that, and especially this one, was very much on abortion. Then, it started very well, “abortion is not legal.” But somehow, along the line came, It’s not legal except when the health of the mother is in danger. Then wanted to know, “what does that ‘health’ mean?” Because health does not mean death. Health may mean one is having headache, or one is having really stomachache. One feels the weight is going on. So that needed, in theory to be really clear because the Church has felt that the sanctity of life is very, very important. But, we had a lot of money from America, more than twenty-three million dollars, which were really poured in to make sure that that constitution—has to pass through that referendum.
Q: Did the referendum make abortion legal in Kenya?
Fr. Wanjohi: One can say, okay, formally it is not legalized, but when you look at the constitution itself, it is legalized. It is legal. Because a woman can just go and say, “I don’t want really this baby because it’s affecting my health.” And that’s, that’s automatically now. Abortion is legal in Kenya.
Q: What does this mean for the Kenyan People?
Fr. Wanjohi: It’s a sad story. It’s a bad day for them because it means now we have seen the mushrooming of Marie Stopes now, where they were not there before. Now they are there in small towns carrying on with the abortion of the girls – high school girls, whatever they are because they say it’s affecting my health. It’s going to affect my education. What’s really to do? So now nobody can really chide them now. Doctors, the abortionists, have the free hand to carry on with the abortion.
In America we have Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood here which was started—but on the other hand we have Marie Stopes, which was like Margaret Sanger here in America. So Marie Stopes in Great Britain. So we have the British who are Marie Stopes—it’s the same philosophy. It’s very much for abortion for the poor. Abortion has really to be encouraged to make people really progress, free of charge. Free. They don’t pay, provided they are going to go for abortion. Now before that was very much limited, they would not be able to do it, but now with this constitution they have started going out.
And now where we are working, where our headquarters is, they just came about now after constitution was approved. Now they’re already there with a big clinic carrying out their work of abortion.
Read The Full Article at lifenews.com.