Abortions Should Be Banned - Hon. Wilkinson, Youth Mp For Hohoe Constituency.
A member of the Youth Model Parliament for the Hohoe Constituency Hon. Ameyaw Nana Kwadwo Wilkinson has warned that, the rate of abortions in the country is very awful therefore represents a national security threat and that measures must be taken to repress it. Speaking on ...Hon. Wilkinson said, According to Guttmacher Institute, maternal mortality is the second most common cause of death among women in Ghana, and more than 1 in 10 maternal deaths are the results of abortions. He also stated that, The abortion law in Ghana, enacted in 1985, states that an abortion performed by a qualified medical practitioner is legal, if the pregnancy is as a result of rape, incest or "defilement of a female idiot;" if continuation of the pregnancy would risk the life the woman or threaten her physical or mental health; or if there is a substantial risk the child would suffer from a serious physical abnormality or disease. He added, a mother kills her unborn child because it's unwan...