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March to ‘mourn’ aborted babies

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PEOPLE opposed to abortion marched to Parliament yesterday to “mourn” all baby deaths due to the procedure.

The march took the form of a funeral procession, led by a hearse.

The event was hosted by the Christian Action Network, which said it was in memory of the hundreds of thousands of babies killed by abortion who never had a funeral.

The network said that on February1, 1997, abortion was legalised in South Africa, and by February 1, 2019 – today – an estimated 1600000 abortions had been performed

The provincial health department said since April last year, 12340 “legal and safe” terminatio­n of pregnancie­s had been performed at 40 public health facilities.

Melissa Hertz, 32, from the organisati­on Project Life, took part in the march. She said she had an abortion

Our organisati­on teaches young and old women the dangers of abortions.

 ?? BRENDAN MAGAAR African News Agency ?? THE Christian Action Network marching to Parliament against abortion yesterday. |
BRENDAN MAGAAR African News Agency THE Christian Action Network marching to Parliament against abortion yesterday. |

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