Dear Editor,
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal of a foetus or embryo prior to viability from the uterus. As a feminist for life and a pro-woman I find it very disappointing that the Minister of Youth and Culture Miss Lisa Hanna finds it culturally acceptable to tell poor women that they should have abortions to curb crime. This shallow statement by the minister tells Jamaicans the value our leaders place on their unborn children's lives.
The termination of pregnancy should not be any one's choice, but the mothers, the financial or social situation of the parents should not be used as a bartering tool for human life. Where one comes from does not determine their future, case in point the current Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, who every Jamaican knows came from humble beginnings. Her parents' financial situation did not hinder her ambitions. To write every poor success story this letter would be a thesis.
We must not subject ourselves to leaders who lack vision. The minister needs to offer disenfranchised women life-affirming alternatives to abortions, and remember that the children are the future of any nation. Killing them means killing the country.
It is an indictment on the poor to suggest that abortion is the right solution, or will assist crime statistics. Miss Hanna please cease from imposing your personal preferences on the poor and destitute, say yes to life. Killing the seed before it grows cannot be a part of the solution to Jamaica's crime problem.
Further, Minister Hanna should apologise for such a reckless statement and remember that no one knows the destiny of another man.
Rev Tanasha Buchanan
tanashabuchanan@yahoo.com
Thou shalt not issue reckless comments, Minister Hanna
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Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal of a foetus or embryo prior to viability from the uterus. As a feminist for life and a pro-woman I find it very disappointing that the Minister of Youth and Culture Miss Lisa Hanna finds it culturally acceptable to tell poor women that they should have abortions to curb crime. This shallow statement by the minister tells Jamaicans the value our leaders place on their unborn children's lives.
The termination of pregnancy should not be any one's choice, but the mothers, the financial or social situation of the parents should not be used as a bartering tool for human life. Where one comes from does not determine their future, case in point the current Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, who every Jamaican knows came from humble beginnings. Her parents' financial situation did not hinder her ambitions. To write every poor success story this letter would be a thesis.
We must not subject ourselves to leaders who lack vision. The minister needs to offer disenfranchised women life-affirming alternatives to abortions, and remember that the children are the future of any nation. Killing them means killing the country.
It is an indictment on the poor to suggest that abortion is the right solution, or will assist crime statistics. Miss Hanna please cease from imposing your personal preferences on the poor and destitute, say yes to life. Killing the seed before it grows cannot be a part of the solution to Jamaica's crime problem.
Further, Minister Hanna should apologise for such a reckless statement and remember that no one knows the destiny of another man.
Rev Tanasha Buchanan
tanashabuchanan@yahoo.com
Thou shalt not issue reckless comments, Minister Hanna
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