The High Court has decided that a legal challenge to Antigua and Barbuda’s abortion laws will go to trial after dismissing a motion to strike the case. The Attorney General’s Chambers has been ordered to pay $1,500 to the abortion rights activists behind the challenge.
The group is aiming to overturn the country’s strict anti-abortion laws, particularly the Offences Against the Person Act from 1861, which imposes harsh penalties—up to 10 years in prison for women who terminate pregnancies and two years for those who assist. Abortion is only allowed when a mother’s life is at risk.
During the recent hearing, the Attorney General’s office argued that the sections being contested were repealed in 1995 and that the challenge should focus on the Infant Preservation Act instead. However, the activists countered that the intent of Parliament during the 1995 Sexual Offences Act discussions must be examined.
Justice Jan Drysdale concluded that the case is significant enough to warrant further examination, allowing it to proceed to trial.
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Power and relevance at what cost????and her fellow political have-beens yet still hopefuls new new need to carefully consider their new rallying point before proceeding. Yes, the question of whether to abort or not to abort, or simply put, to kill or not to kill our babies has become a key part of national discourses the world over. One does not need an already lawless electorate to dictate whether or not a country has the right or moreso the authority to sanction infantile. Whether or not one is blessed to have been exposed to spiritual consciousness, our basic humaneness, directs and teaches us that abortion could/should NEVER ever be an option. Sherriann and company very limited need to go stand on front of a mirror and have private mental conversation with themselves.
No one has the right to force childbirth on another person, possible trauma on an underage child, a victim of incest, a victim of rape and/or a potential for the child to be unwanted … not forgetting poverty and neglect.
@Cat No one is “forcing” childbirth upon anyone based on the law. Childbirth is a natural phenomenon “forced upon” or “trusted to” (to speak more positively) women by nature/God. It is just the natural order of things that women’s wombs are the home of newly conceived, developing humans. No one has the right to deny those humans a chance at life. If you don’t want it in your womb then perhaps you have some right to have it safely removed to a suitable incubator, but you have no right to kill the person developing. Instead of fighting for rights to murder babies, women (and men) should be fighting for systems in society that support mothers and children adequately to make childbirth and childrearing as comfortable/joyful as possible.
Only one person gets judged at a time before God.
My thoughts about abortion are, we should address the underlining causes which brings about such results. Such as violating one’s body by another, in which case, ( the age of the person is a consideration) and also health issues. The counter topic is the taking life, but we are not we wise on this, we base it on holy scripture, but is it sound. I am of the view that the mother whose life is endangered also should choose between hers or the child’s life. In the case of violating the law of concent (of which this power belongs to women) as laid in holy scripture and in cevil law, under our system of laws; therefore, I am of the view that we should strengthen our laws in this area where matters of this nature is dealth with early to arrest abortion and have the perpetrators face the law and steps taken to prevent such occurrence of violating one’s body.
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