There has been a lot of controversy regarding the fate of women raped and
impregnated by Boko Haram members .While some groups have said they should abort the babies, others have said the women should not.
The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria has out rightly condemned those suggesting abortion.
Chairman of the Health
Committee
of CBCN and Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja (Catholic Archdiocese), Most Rev.
Anselm Umoren, stated this during a press conference on Monday in
Abuja.
He said such innocent children should not be visited “with capital
punishment” in the name of abortion for an offence they did not commit.
“Specifically, it is not tenable, the suggestion that killing the babies
conceived through rape by the terrorists, is the most humane action to
take in this instance.
Since the
babies are
ignorant and innocent of the crimes – aggression, sexual assault,
dehumanisation – against their mothers, it is unethical to punish them
for the sins and offences of their erring fathers.”He said
