Zimbabwe – The multi-pronged dilemma of abortion

The multi-pronged dilemma of abortion

By newsday
July 7, 2018
BY PHYLLIS MBANJE

A CROWD gathers around the dumpster and many are busy taking videos of the lifeless body of a new born baby. The horrible sight is made worse by the garbage and filth that surrounds the tiny pink mass covered in blood. Its tiny hands are balled into fists, most probably he/she gave a good fight before the cold got the better of its underdeveloped lungs.

Many are upset with the “monster mother” who just threw away her newborn and walked away as if all was in order.

Baby dumping or foetuses clogging sewer pipe is not new in this country neither have we seen the last of it. This social scourge is an indication of bigger problems of sexual reproductive health (SRH), particularly termination of pregnancy or abortion.

Continued; https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/07/the-multi-pronged-dilemma-of-abortion/