Having sex education is the only way out

Friday March 3 2017

By SARAH AGUNDA

Non-governmental health organisations in Kenya are alarmed at a decision made thousands of kilometres away that is bound to have devastating consequences on their operations. Recently, US President Donald Trump reinstated a government policy prohibiting granting of American foreign aid to NGOs in developing countries that offer abortion-related services.

This means that any Kenyan and other international organisations that have been receiving US funds for health programmes will now be required to certify that it does not provide abortion services, which include counselling, referrals, information or advocate the liberalisation of abortion laws, even with non-US funds. If a provider fails to sign the ‘global gag rule’, they lose the US funding, donated contraceptives and leadership and technical expertise.

Continued at source: Daily Nation: http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/having-sex-education-is-the-only-way-out--after-gag-rule/440808-3836050-14au5gh/