Raphael
November 22nd 2007, 03:27 PM
A conservative Christian group has offered a R5 000 [+-US$900] reward to anyone who can find an African National Congress (ANC) MP willing to defend abortion legislation in a radio debate.
The group, the ChristianView Network, made the offer ahead of the planned passage on Thursday afternoon of a bill amending South Africa's abortion law.
It said in a statement on Thursday morning that in 2004, when the bill first went to parliament, it offered a similar prize of R2 000. "In three years, no one has claimed the prize. Today we raise the offered reward to R5 000," it said. "ChristianView Network argues that if the government doesn't have courage to debate the bill and allow a free vote in parliament, then it should not be law."
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill was passed in 2004, but was returned to parliament last year after the Constitutional Court ruled there had to be public consultation in the provinces. The bill seeks to allow nurses and midwives to do terminations of pregnancy, and decentralises the process of approving facilities at which the procedure can be carried out. - Sapa
The ANC is the ruling political party in South Africa.
The group, the ChristianView Network, made the offer ahead of the planned passage on Thursday afternoon of a bill amending South Africa's abortion law.
It said in a statement on Thursday morning that in 2004, when the bill first went to parliament, it offered a similar prize of R2 000. "In three years, no one has claimed the prize. Today we raise the offered reward to R5 000," it said. "ChristianView Network argues that if the government doesn't have courage to debate the bill and allow a free vote in parliament, then it should not be law."
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill was passed in 2004, but was returned to parliament last year after the Constitutional Court ruled there had to be public consultation in the provinces. The bill seeks to allow nurses and midwives to do terminations of pregnancy, and decentralises the process of approving facilities at which the procedure can be carried out. - Sapa
The ANC is the ruling political party in South Africa.