Kenya Unlocks the Contrast of Pro-Life vs Abortion

By Wendy Wright | January 17, 2014


A ceramic box in the shape of Africa adorns my bookshelf. The lid is locked, until you lift one piece. The country of Kenya unlocks the box.

The salesman in Nairobi told me what it signifies: Kenya is the key to Africa.

This may come true regarding abortion. Right now, the two sides are battling it out in Kenya — and showing African countries where the two paths lead.

The violent campaign in 2010 for a new Constitution that opened the door to abortion signaled trouble. Parliament members were arrested for opposing the Constitution. A peaceful pro-life prayer service against the Constitution was wracked by two bombs, killing six and injuring 100 people.

After the Constitution passed, abortion advocates worked aggressively yet surreptitiously, attempting to intertwine abortion into Kenya’s health system.

You can read about this in today’s Friday Fax “Kenyans Defeat Western Effort to Expand Abortion.”

If the abortion health policies are passed, resources would be diverted away from overall health care to provide abortions. Pro-life health providers – who make up the bulk of the profession — would be forced to participate or driven out.

While abortion advocates are focused on expanding abortion — to the exclusion of all health needs — pro-lifers are providing help to women with difficult pregnancies.

After Kenya adopted its constitution, Dr. Jean Kagia — who campaigned against the Constitution — helped open three homes for women to safely have their babies.

Some women are rejected by families, abandoned by boyfriends, or suffered from rape. The shelters teach life skills, character values, Bible study, and forgiveness. The houses, food, clothes and supplies are donated.

One traumatized 12-year old, who could not speak, was embraced by the women in the shelter like a baby sister. The shelter provided two specialists for her.

“We have realized that our society loves babies. When people see the babies, they forget the conflict that was there and embrace mother and baby,” Dr. Kagia told The Standard.

The contrast is clear which side is helping women — and better for society.

If Kenya is a key, other countries can learn from what it unlocks.

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