Attempt “to push for policy change”: Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association Official on Government Abortion Statistics

In the Friday, May 16 interview, Dr. Ngare said that organizations involved argue that because many women are already having abortions, many of them in unsafe conditions, then the proposed solution is “to legalize safe abortion”, to be performed by trained professionals in medical settings.

“Their statistics is showing unsafe abortion and the solution they offer governments then is to legalize safe abortion,” he noted, alluding to the study the MoH conducted in partnership with the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), and the Guttmacher Institute, which revealed that 792,694 women in Kenya procured an abortion in 2023.

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The Kenyan medical professional, who promotes Christian values in healthcare said it is wrong to “offer the solution for unsafe abortion to be safe abortion,” emphasizing that it is “inconsistent with medical ethics.”

He called for respect of “the dignity of human life,” cautioning that where the sanctity of life is not respected, governments are likely to give in to pressure from exaggerated statistics to end up with “policies that are inconsistent with our values as they are suggesting.”

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In the May 16 interview with ACI Africa, Dr. Ngare cautioned against deceptive human rights narratives that attempt to normalize abortion and continue to undermine family values in the African context.

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He specifically warned of the expression, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

The Kenyan medical practitioner said, “The greatest danger we have to life and to marriage right now is the term Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), the ideology that is being used to coin all the things that are destroying our understanding of life and of family.”

“SRHR encompasses many other elements, as the World Health Organization (WHO) defines Sexual and Reproductive Health to include access to abortion” he explained, adding that other elements such as the provision of contraceptives, cross-sex hormones, gender-affirming surgeries, and comprehensive sexuality education are a cause for concern.

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To address these concerns, Dr. Ngare emphasized the need to “go back to the family unit” and “empower the parents to understand their role as the principal teachers of their children.”

“The government must protect the family by making sure that no policy or law is passed that would then destroy the family,” he said, adding that “children must not be taught anything that is inconsistent with the values of the parents.”

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In the May 16 interview, Dr. Ngare underscored the important role of quality leadership in upholding the moral and ethical integrity of the family. He said, “We must take governance very seriously. The election of leaders is a spiritual responsibility.”

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“If we are going to have good leaders, then it is our spiritual responsibility to choose the most morally upright among us to take charge of the country. What we need to do is go back and ask: Who can we trust with our children? Their moral makeup is the most important quality we must look for in leadership,” the Kenyan medical practitioner told ACI Africa.