“Abortion is not a right, it is a reproductive wrong. It is not health care because health care preserves life; it does not seek to end the life of a unique human being.”
US Congressman and Chairman of the US Foreign Affairs Sub-committee on Africa is rallying support opposing attempts by the African government to legal abortion, especially in Sierra Leone, where parliamentarians are debating the “Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Healthcare Bill.
Chris Smith, in a video address to lawmakers and civil society leaders on April 16 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, said, “Abortion is not a right; it is a reproductive wrong. It is not health care because health care preserves life; it does not seek to end the life of a unique human being.”
Smith also appealed to Sierra Leoneans when he said, “I respectively and urgently appeal to you today to defend women and unborn babies as I have been working to do so for 53 years.”
According to Rep. Smith, abortion is a violent assault on women and children.
“We can and must care for and love both mother and child,” Representative Smith said when he spoke by
video address to lawmakers and civil society leaders recently in Sierra Leone.
Smith’s outburst comes while Sierra parliamentarians are debating the “Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Healthcare Bill.”
Congressman Smith, however, described the bill as an “existential threat.”
“The so-called Safe Motherhood Legislation that you are facing is an existential threat to the lives of tens of thousands of baby girls and boys in your country,” Congressman Smith told the gathering that included parliamentarians.
Smith, who had worked for 53 years in the pro-life movement, told the Sierra Leoneans that he strongly believed that women deserve better than abortion and that every child is precious in the sight of God- as it should be in ours.
“Women deserve the love, healthcare, and protection that ensures that both mother and her precious child not only survive but thrive.
He emphasized that the abortion method that would be legalized in Sierra Leone, the So-called Safe Motherhood Bill, would decapitate, dismember, and starve unborn babies to death, all while employing euphemism rhetoric and slogans that cover up the violence.
According to him, the Global abortion industry, including many pro-abortion NGOs in your country, aggressively promotes abortion pills-mifepristone. Make no mistake, this abortion pill is harmful to both mom and baby.
“What is being whitewashed and trivial-but is crucial to recognize the serious risks of abortion, particularly through the abortion pills,” Congressman Smith observed.
He noted that one in 25 women who used the abortion pill will require a visit to the emergency room.
“How does that happen in a rural setting?” Smith wondered. “The psychological risks to women of taking the abortion pill and delivering a dead baby in the toilet are enormous.”
Smith also said studies have indicated that a significant percentage of post-abortive women experience changes, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts.
He noted that sight from his 43yrs as a member of the US House of Representatives, the So-called Safe Motherhood Reproductive Healthcare Bill he has worked with many of your
Smith, over the years, has been an advocate for women and children.
He has authorized laws to assist women suffering from obstetric fistula, infectious disease, HIV/Aids Pandemic neglected tropical diseases, the devastating Ebola outbreak a decade ago, and food insecurity.
He is also the prime author of America’s landmarks trafficking victims Act of 2000 and four additional anti-human trafficking laws recently, the Frederick Douglas Trafficking Victims Preventive and Protection Act of 2018, which contains comprehensive policies to combat the scourge of modern slavery.
Currently, he is working especially hard to advance sexual labor trafficking awareness in elementary and secondary schools through the Frederick Douglas Act Protection of Women and Unborn Children from the violence of abortion; however, it is the human rights issue that led him to run for Congress.
