berem: Truth hurts! Did i touch a nerve? maybe i did

Mr. Aladin:

and imo isn't own by Rochas

ladenz:

hmmm. are you comparing an unknown old lady who appeared attached to me yester yester night night to my own baby, my flesh and blood who has a whole life ahead of him or her. I will not feel obliged to keep the baby but i definitely wont get rid of it without 2nd thoughts as if it were just an inanimate appendage

I_am_Lamar: Whether she got pregnant through Rape or at will doesn't give her the right to Murder a gift from God. This Law is simply evil

biafranqueen: so how many children without parents do you support

Garri the 1st: These Catholic doctors should go and sleep joor.

The Law specifically mentions situations in which a woman can legitimately seek abortion. Women must of course have necessary rights to determine what happens to their body.

If a lady is RAP£D and becomes pregnant she has a right to abort the pregnancy if she so desires.

Nigeria isn't a Christian state, hence Christians should know that even the bible's stance on abortion is binding only on conscientious christians and shouldn't form the law of a state.

Reptyle:

Sentimental hogwash at best! Like Biafranqueen asked another nairalander earlier, until you state here on this forum one motherless babies home that you actively support with your God given resources, you can take this your holier-than-the-pope act and shove it where the sun don't shine.

You are not more Christian than I am and I insist that there are situations where women should be given the legal choice to procure an abortion. The only modification I would make to the law if I had the power to, is that doctors should also be given the choice of declining to carry out an abortion if it goes against their moral code. In such a situation, they must refer the patient immediately, especially in situations where there is an obvious threat to life.

This law only gives a legal backing to a woman who under any of the aforementioned conditions, DECIDES FREELY of her own volition, to procure an abortion without needing to suffer the scathing reproach from the Bible-thumping hypocrites that abound on Nairaland.

GraphicsPlus: Okorocha has legalized murder.

adeaugustus:

You don't get the point! Not until you stop being emotional, and look at the issue from a neutral/normal perspective.

A baby conceived after the usage of contraceptive pills or condom is also a parasite too, obviously it's not wanted!

themaskedman:
You know this is a very stupid comment. Imo State may not be owned by Catholics but still Catholics have they right to fight against what goes against their belief. Catholics have been fighting against abortion and anti pro life policies in the USA a country more religiously diverse than Imo State and nobody has told them America doesn‘t belong to them alone. The Catholic doctors have given their reasons why not give your own in support and move on.
Btw do you know that if voting were to be done on religious line strictly, Catholics will always carry the day in Imo State?

Okija_juju:

[b]I support the termination of a Pregnancy under every circumstance, bar none.. These include;

1. R@pe
2. Incest.. _{(This type of abortion should be encouraged because of the biological effect it has on future generations.. )}
3. Threat to the Mothers Life..
4. Financial disability.
5. Unwanted Pregnancy.

YES!! If the baby dont feel right, get rid of it. I'd rather not be born, than to be born and dumped off in a foster home, or a garbage can, made to suffer, come out with biological defects because family members were interfucking, or that my daddy was the famous Robber SHINA RAMBO, e.t.c...


The only clause I will add to this Law is that the decision for an abortion must lie solely with the mother of the baby and that she must be aged 21 at the time of her making this decision..

To all those saying only if the mothers life is in danger, My question now becomes, who made you the judge of who gets to live and who gets to be killed?!

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Idi Amin: Seriously, catholics should stop this their "holier than thou" attitude. Why are they complaining when their so called Rev SISTERS are the major players in "ABORTION SECTOR". I just read the article in between the lines now and understood the content of the bill. Why would a woman keep a pregnancy for an armed robber/rapist or a pregnancy that might endanger her life?

biafranqueen: I believe you I will e message you a reminder in November Dalu!

crowntoro: so wat is meaning of abortion? Enlighten me pls

3ace: I am surprised at this comment particularly coming from a lady. Are you saying a female should keep a pregnancy for a ràpist? I pray it doesn't happen to you.

fr3do: They are already arguing when they've not defined when a Scott becomes a foetus (undeveloped baby).

I think abortion should be allowed when the mother's health is PROVED to be in danger.

In the case of molestation,spermicides should be made available to victims (this is the work of women's affairs,to also create awareness).
Victims who are already pregnant should keep it.

Dibiachukwu: There is no excuse for murder; therefore there is no excuse for abortion. Abortion is murder

So if the baby will kill the mother, let her die..

chukwudi44: If okorocha does not handle this well,it will end very badly for him politically.Never underestimate the power of the catholic church in the south east especially in imo,anambra and enugu states.

thehomer:

Okay, I will.

Abortion: The act of inducing the cessation of pregnancy.

Murder: An act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.

Take the time to get yourself informed on the issues.

chukwudi44: Rochas had better be careful!!! If he decides to fight the catholic church which comprises about 70% of the states population he will be finised politically.He should not forget what happeded to Ohakim and how he got to power in the first place.Abortion is murder except when the pregnacy endangers the mother's life.Even if a child comes from rape he should be allowed to live

Those of you arguing oterwise,assuming of your daughter is raped and somehow manages to give birth to a baby resulting from its pregancy will it be rigt to still kill the baby after it has already been born simply because his father was a rapist?

So it becomes murder even when the child is a few hours old but legal abortion even when the mother is 8 months pregmants.Taking of human life is bad.There is no two ways about it.

It is simply a use of differant terminologies to describe the same act

Pyrrho:
Well said...
People don't even know the extent to which some "Catholics" drags their arguments. They also claim that the male sperm, if restricted from reaching the female foetus in anyway, it is abortion (dat is no contraceptives). That's their opinion.
I bliv women shld choose whether to keep a pregnancy or not, cos they ar the once to bear the burden of pregnancy or child-birth.
Finally, not even the Priests won't let their daughters keep a pregnancy resulting of rape from a mad man!!!
#lastBullet- the law isn't meant for you to criticise, neither does it force people towh have an abortion. No one says u mst do it!!!
I wonder y it is a problem for you hypocrites.

adeaugustus:

You see, if you want the baby, the law isn't for you! What the law does is allow people that doesn't want the baby to get rid of it.

ladenz:

so it all boils down to wanting or not wanting. let me tell you a true story. very early last Saturday morning, a young lady in my neighbourhood gave birth to a baby boy and dumped him in the garbage bin because she wasnt sure who the father was. luckily someone heard the cries of the baby and he was saved. he is now being taken care off and will probably be given to another young couple who have been looking for the fruits of the womb for years. Do you think the mother did the right thing?