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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>S. AFRICA.:
PASSING OF ABORTION AMENDMENT BILL CELEBRATED IN
PARLIAMENT</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000></FONT></STRONG><BR></FONT>Yesterday, 11 November 04, ANC
parliamentarians danced and sang at the<BR>passing of the new law to allow
nurses to kill babies. This was a strange<BR>display of emotion, given
firstly that parliamentarians do not dance and<BR>sing at the passing of any
other law and secondly the government's claim<BR>that this was just a minor
technical change which was not worthy of a<BR>debate. The government
refused to debate the law either in parliament or in<BR>the media despite
repeated calls for debate from other political parties.<BR><BR>ChristianView
Network challenged the ruling party to debate this law two<BR>months ago on any
radio or TV station - and even offered a R2000 reward for<BR>anyone who could
find a ruling party parliamentarian willing to defend it in<BR>debate.
They answered that they did not need to debate it since the issue<BR>had already
been debated in 1996 and these were just minor changes.<BR>Nevertheless,
ChristianView Network asks why the big celebration if this was<BR>an unimportant
technical legal change? Surely, they are afraid to defend it<BR>in public
- knowing most South Africans don't want it.<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The law still needs to be signed by President Mbeki.
Please email him and<BR>ask him not so sign it:<BR><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>p</FONT></U></FONT><A href="mailto:president@po.gov.za"><FONT
size=2>resident@po.gov.za</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2>From: ChristianView Network
Press Release 12-11-2004 </FONT><A href="mailto:mail@christianview.org"><FONT
size=2>mail@christianview.org</FONT></A></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>