Articles tagged Marie Stopes

One year ago, Kenyans passed a constitutional referendum that was sold as the solution to the country’s widely acknowledged corruption and poverty. Without the knowledge of most Kenyans, however, the bill also had a stealth provision that essentially legalized abortion on demand. It was advertised that the constitution protected the right to life of the unborn, and there is language in the constitution that codifies this principle. But what was not widely advertised was the qualifying language that population control advocates use in similar referendums around the developing world: There are exceptions for the “health of the mother,” which in […]