Catholic Activists in Africa Launch Campaign to Stop Abortion Legalization in Liberia

They express concern that the Public Health Bill will scrap Liberia’s current abortion law and replace it with an extreme law that allows abortion, for any reason, on demand, up to when the baby in the womb is at 14 weeks gestation.

“It has been estimated that this change from allowing abortion in exceptional circumstances to allowing abortion on demand would lead to the lives of 40,000 babies being lost to abortion in Liberia every single year,” the members of CitizenGo say.

The Catholic activists allege that “the Swedish government and other foreign NGOs” have been creating and funding organizations in Liberia to lobby for the legalization of abortion.

“There are credible allegations of bribery including large cash payments of $20,000 each being made to senators from the Government of Sweden for voting in support of the bill,” they say, and add, “Foreign Government interference in the democratic process of Liberia is totally unacceptable and a form of neo-colonialism that you must reject.”

The activists have appealed for signatures to stop the Public Health Bill in Liberia, saying, “This Bill can be stopped. Please visit http://stopliberiaabortionbill.com/ now to use the free easy tool to send a message to senators asking them to vote against the bill.”

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Agnes Aineah is a Kenyan journalist with a background in digital and newspaper reporting. She holds a Master of Arts in Digital Journalism from the Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications and a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communications from Kenya's Moi University. Agnes currently serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.