Is “My Body, My Choice” a Good Argument?

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Paul Schlehlein

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“My body, my choice” is a feminist slogan used to defend a woman’s right to autonomy over her choices. Women often employ this phrase to defend their right to an abortion.

Recently, the organization Doctors Without Borders have been urging women in Mozambique to terminate their pregnancies with a simple phrase: “No one should be ashamed to get an abortion.” After all, a woman can do what she wants with her body.

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TARIF: Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

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Today is Friday, August 25^th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

A recent article in the Guardian tells of a gynaecologist in Benin and the journey that led her to push for abortion rights in her country. As the story goes, a young pregnant lady had come to her for the abortion of her unwanted baby. At the time, most abortions were illegal in the country of Benin, so the young gynaecologist urged the girl to keep the baby.

Some days later the doctor saw the young girl again and discovered that she had performed a secret abortion, most likely through pills or bleach or some other “unimaginable and inhumane method”. Not only was the baby dead. The mother was near death herself.

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TARIF: Disappearing Children

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

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Disappearing Children

With so much diversity in our world today, there is at least one thing that the largest nations in the world have in common: falling birth rates. This is according to a recent survey put out by Visual Capitalist regarding the birth rates of the top 49 most populated countries in the world, which includes 14 nations from Africa.

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