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Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 5:33pm On Dec 31, 2025
Chienex24:
Very good. You can have sex for free but definitely shouldn't be in control of what happens aftermath. Face the consequences of your actions
So unwanted children children should be the consequences of free sex?
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 5:36pm On Dec 31, 2025
Eniolohunda:
Their body Their decision, or are they asking government for the money?
No mind dem. Very wicked people. They only care about unborn babies and the dead. They lose all sense of care once the babies are born, and left to suffer.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Chienex24(m): 5:53pm On Dec 31, 2025
wirinet:
So unwanted children children should be the consequences of free sex?
If you do the crime, you must serve the time
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by SisterAnn(f): 6:19pm On Dec 31, 2025
EmmyMaestro:
If you no Sabi close your leg or zip your trouser, be responsible and use protection
Abstinence is Bae
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Imikirin: 6:46pm On Dec 31, 2025
ajalawole:
oga carry your Bible verse commot for my front. How many poor children bring into this world have you help. Did the Bible ask us to keep giving birth like rats.
If you cared about the poor children you would be strategic and give birth to the children you can train.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 6:47pm On Dec 31, 2025
Chienex24:
If you do the crime, you must serve the time
Which is a greater crime? Having children that you cannot or you are not prepared to take care of, and leaving them to constitute menace to society, or aborting the pregnancy in the first place?
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 6:50pm On Dec 31, 2025
Imikirin:
If you cared about the poor children you would be strategic and give birth to the children you can train.
That's the ideal, but then religious fundamentalists believe it's God that gives children, and so should have as many children as they can have sex.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Akin4tado(m): 7:58pm On Dec 31, 2025
No kidding 😏
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by CorperKola: 8:08pm On Dec 31, 2025
DeepSight:
This has to be carefully read. Section 228 of the Criminal Code reads -

​"Any person who, with intent to procure miscarriage of a woman whether she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to her or causes her to take any poison or other noxious thing, or uses any force of any kind, or uses any other means whatever, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years."

This is open to interpretation.
Can you imagine
People can be very stupid in this country
Even went as far as invilving religion
Such a pity
A country of 250 million people criminalizing abortion
No abortion !!!
We'll rather have potential boko haram members and suicide bombers
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Dpopsman123(m):
I hope that this will make Ghana to stop deporting more stranded Nigerian emigrants, and also make Nigeria government not border inviting USA to assist them fight poverty, and insecurity in the nearest future...

#I want to cut excessive drinking this 2026🍻




OLAADEGBU:
Police Warn Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria



According to Adeh, relevant provisions of Nigerian law clearly prohibit abortion. She cited Section 232 of the Penal Code and Section 228 of the Criminal Code, which criminalise the act and classify it as a felony, punishable under the law.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Imikirin: 12:41am On Jan 01
wirinet:
That's the ideal, but then religious fundamentalists believe it's God that gives children, and so should have as many children as they can have sex.
I agree but these religious fundamentalist don't understand. Yes , God gives children shouldn't be an excuse for giving birth without check.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Chienex24(m): 7:41am On Jan 01
wirinet:
Which is a greater crime? Having children that you cannot or you are not prepared to take care of, and leaving them to constitute menace to society, or aborting the pregnancy in the first place?
Then abstain from sex!!!!! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!!
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Kobojunkie: 7:45am On Jan 01
Chienex24:
➜Then abstain from sex!!!!! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!!
Nonsense! 🥱🥱
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Chienex24(m): 8:25am On Jan 01
Kobojunkie:
Nonsense! 🥱🥱
Lolz... Oya oo, keep committing murder
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 11:09am On Jan 01
Chienex24:
Then abstain from sex!!!!! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!!
And how is my sex life your business? Whether I decide to be an Eunuch or a pastor Chris Okafor, how is thar your headache?
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 11:19am On Jan 01
Imikirin:
I agree but these religious fundamentalist don't understand. Yes , God gives children shouldn't be an excuse for giving birth without check.
What religious fundamentalists aka fake moralists fail to recognise is that sex is a basic instinct, like hunger or thirst, it is hardwired into the genes, and not controlled by the brain, else we will only have sex when we want to have children. It means an average man or woman would have sex less than 10 times in a lifetime. Our genes forces us to have sex. It's vital for the survival of a specie, just as hunger and thirst is vital to the survival of the individual. The implications and consequences of sex should be taught and managed, and not denied like is being done by fake moralists. They cause worse damage to the society as a whole, and to the individual.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Chienex24(m): 11:52am On Jan 01
wirinet:
And how is my sex life your business? Whether I decide to be an Eunuch or a pastor Chris Okafor, how is thar your headache?
Not my business, you cannot change the law
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by wirinet(m): 1:26pm On Jan 01
Chienex24:
Not my business, you cannot change the law
Which law? A law that is only on paper? a law that is unenforceable?. Out of the millions of abortions taking place overtly and covertly every year, how many has been prosecuted? Go to the nearest hospital, clinic or chemist close to you, abortion is happening right now. Go to the nearest pharmacy or drug store, abortion tablets are openly displayed.
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by Chienex24(m): 2:08pm On Jan 01
wirinet:
Which law? A law that is only on paper? a law that is unenforceable?. Out of the millions of abortions taking place overtly and covertly every year, how many has been prosecuted? Go to the nearest hospital, clinic or chemist close to you, abortion is happening right now. Go to the nearest pharmacy or drug store, abortion tablets are openly displayed.
Same way bandits are killing and kidnapping people left, right and center despite the law. Doesn't stop abortion from being murder
Re: Abortion Is Criminal Offence For Both Man And Woman Involved In Nigeria - Police by OLAADEGBU(op): 11:01pm On Jan 09
Pope Leo Condemns Abortion As “Fake Compassion” In First Major Vatican Speech
January 9, 2026
NEWS

Pope Leo has come down hard on abortion and surrogacy, branding both practices as assaults on human dignity in what is seen as his first major intervention on some of the most contentious moral issues facing the global community.

In a Vatican address that touched on justice, prisoners’ rights, family life and the protection of vulnerable groups, the new Pope declared that abortion “cuts short a growing life and refuses to welcome the gift of life,” while warning against what he described as deceptive forms of compassion promoted by modern societies.

The pontiff framed his position within a broader reflection on human dignity, saying, “human beings are created in the image and likeness of God who by calling them into existence out of love has at the same time called them to love.”

According to him, this calling finds its most concrete expression within the family, which he said is under sustained pressure globally.

“Despite its centrality, the institution of the family faces two crucial challenges today,” Pope Leo said.

He cited neglect by the international system and the rise of “fragile, broken, and suffering families afflicted by internal difficulties and disturbing phenomena, including domestic violence.”

He stressed that the union between a man and a woman carries a moral obligation toward unborn children, noting that “the vocation to love and to life… implies a fundamental ethical imperative for enabling families to welcome and fully care for unborn life.”

Condemning abortion in unequivocal terms, the Pope said the Holy See was deeply troubled by international efforts to expand access to the procedure across borders.

“The Holy See expresses deep concern about projects aimed at financing cross-border mobility for the purpose of accessing the so-called right to safe abortion,” he said, adding that it was “deplorable that public resources are allocated to suppress life rather than being invested to support mothers and families.”

He further insisted that “the primary objective must remain the protection of every unborn child and the effective and concrete support of every woman so that she is able to welcome life.”

Pope Leo also condemned surrogacy, describing it as a practice that strips both women and children of their dignity. “By transforming gestation into a negotiable service, this violates the dignity both of the child, who is reduced to a product, and of the mother, exploiting her body and the generative process and distorting the original relational calling of the family,” he said.

In the same speech, the pontiff denounced euthanasia, describing it as “deceptive forms of compassion,” while calling on states to invest in palliative care and authentic solidarity.

He also spoke on prisoners’ rights, political detainees, migrants, and the abolition of the death penalty, which he described as “a measure that destroys all hope of forgiveness and renewal.”

The speech marks Pope Leo’s clearest articulation yet of his moral priorities and signals a continuation, and possible intensification, of the Vatican’s opposition to abortion, surrogacy and euthanasia, setting the tone for his papacy on issues that continue to divide governments, activists and faith communities worldwide.

SaharaReporters
In a Vatican address that touched on justice, prisoners’ rights, family life and the protection of vulnerable groups, the new Pope declared that abortion “cuts short a growing life and refuses to welcome the gift of life,” while warning against what he described as deceptive forms of compassion promoted by modern societies.

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