A PROPOSAL IN A BILL SEEKING TO PROVIDE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 10 YEARS WITH CONDOMS AND BIRTH CONTROL PILLS HAS SPARKED OUTRAGE IN KENYA
A proposal in a Bill seeking to provide children as young as 10 years with condoms and birth control pills has sparked outrage.
This is according to the Standard Media of Kenya.
That parental consent is not mandatory for the children to access the contraceptives has intensified opposition to the Reproductive Health Care Bill 2014, which is before the Senate.
The Bill sponsored by nominated Senator Judith Sijeny suggests that adolescents be given unhindered access to 'comprehensive sexual education and confidential services.'
The relevant provision explicitly lists contraceptives as one of the essential inclusions, alongside information on pregnancy and abortion.
The Bill describes adolescents as persons in Kenya who are aged between 10 and 17, a group essentially between class five and Form Three.
"In the provision of reproductive health services to adolescents, parental consent is not mandatory," it says.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO SUCH A BILL? SHOULD ZAMBIA FOLLOW KENYA IN ENACTING SUCH A LAW?
-- A proposal in a Bill seeking to provide children as young as 10 years with condoms and birth control pills has sparked outrage.
This is according to the Standard Media of Kenya.
That parental consent is not mandatory for the children to access the contraceptives has intensified opposition to the Reproductive Health Care Bill 2014, which is before the Senate.
The Bill sponsored by nominated Senator Judith Sijeny suggests that adolescents be given unhindered access to 'comprehensive sexual education and confidential services.'
The relevant provision explicitly lists contraceptives as one of the essential inclusions, alongside information on pregnancy and abortion.
The Bill describes adolescents as persons in Kenya who are aged between 10 and 17, a group essentially between class five and Form Three.
"In the provision of reproductive health services to adolescents, parental consent is not mandatory," it says.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO SUCH A BILL? SHOULD ZAMBIA FOLLOW KENYA IN ENACTING SUCH A LAW?
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