Catholic Bishops in Imo State have urged Governor Rochas Okorocha and members of the State House of Assembly to remove all anti-life sections in the state’s Abortion Law number 12 of 2012.
The
appropriate communiqué was signed by the Archbishop of Owerri and the
Bishop of Orlu, Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna and Dr. Augustine Ukwuoma
respectively, after a meeting in Owerri.
The
bishops argued that any law which failed to respect the right to life
and human dignity was automatically null and void as they contradicted
natural and divine laws.
“A
law to prohibit violence against women, legitimate as it is in
principle must, with all the more reason, prohibit violence against
helpless unborn children from conception to natural death without
exception. Thou shall not kill,
“We
must not enthrone the culture of death through the legalization of
abortion, with it’s consequent sexual permissiveness of all, which will
ravage our society morally and spiritually as it has done in Europe,
America and elsewhere,” the Bishops emphasised.
The
Bishops also argued that the right to life and human dignity belonged
to human nature and was inherent in every person by the creative act of
God.
“These
rights do not depend on individuals, parents, church, society or state.
They are guaranteed by natural laws, divine commandments and affirmed
in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the Bishops
said.
They
promised to continue working with God’s faithful people in Imo State,
for the protection of the fundamental rights of all, including those of
women and the unborn child.
“We
will continue to engage Imo State government and Imo State House of
Assembly on ways and means to provide for laws that will strengthen the
family and protect the human rights of all Imo citizens,” the Bishops
stated.
It would be noted that the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale.
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