85% of Kenyans say “abortion should never be permitted” as international abortion giant IPAS is reviewing a campaign to decriminalize abortion across Africa. IPAS is dedicated to the global expansion of abortion and population control.
Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of Communications said: “It is disgraceful that powerful abortion and population control bodies believe that they can enforce abortion on a country where the vast majority of people believe it should not be permitted.
“This is a dangerous form of ideological colonisation which must be condemned.”
In 2019, IPAS facilitated 731,261 abortions around the globe. The international giant is now seeking a review into the widespread decriminalisation of abortion across Africa, starting in Kenya.
Pro-life culture remains strong in Africa
An IPSOS survey, carried out this year, polled Kenyan attitudes towards abortion.
The survey found that “85% of Kenyans believe that abortion should not be permitted.”
The main reason that Kenyans do not support abortion is because it is viewed as “murder”.
The minority of Kenyans who supported abortion, said that it should only be permitted if the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life. 0% of respondents who were in favour of abortion, said that it should be permitted solely on the grounds of ”choice”.
SPUC’s Mr Robinson added: “It is deeply disturbing that international giants like IPAS, who are aware of the public opposition towards abortion in African countries, yet are still determined to embed this abhorrent practice into communities who do not want it.”
Abortion undermines African values
Nigerian pro-life leader and Founder of Culture of Life Africa, Obianuju Ekeocha, has been outspoken about how overseas aid is used to fund a booming abortion industry in Africa, destroying the lives of women and young girls as well as killing their unborn babies.
Speaking in 2019, Ms Ekeocha said: “Anytime you go into an African country where there is some push or agitation for the legalisation of abortion, if you check behind that campaign, you’ll find radical pro-abortion groups such as International Planned Parenthood Federation, Marie Stopes International, Ipas, or Pathfinder International, which are Western organizations.
“In Africa, 80 percent of the countries have prohibitions on abortion that reflect the desire and the will of the people…Only four African countries allow for abortion without limits — Cape Verde, South Africa, Tunisia, and Mozambique — and even in those countries the majority of people believe abortion is morally unacceptable."