A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Gasper Olanrewaju, on Saturday urged girls and women to shun abortion as it constituted a crime against humanity.
Olanrewaju, who is also a former Parish Priest of Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Church, Ijegun, Lagos, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He spoke at the end of a rally on `’Walk for Life” organised by the church to sensitise public on the dangers of abortion to human life.
Olanrewaju said: “abortion, in any form, is an irreparable harm done to the innocent.
“Any female, who procures a completed abortion, incurs excommunication by the commission of the offence as provided by Canon Law of the Catholic Church.
“Human life must be respected and recognised by the civil society and the state from the moment of conception as an embryo until death, “ he told NAN.
The cleric also urged relevant authorities to provide appropriate sanctions for “every deliberate termination of human life”.
He said that responsible parenthood would help both the family and society at large to curb the trend.
Also speaking, the Vice Chairman of the church, Mr Martins Nwabuwa, said that abortion and other forms of forceful killings were “supreme dishonour to the creator”.
“The culture of killing of innocent lives has grown far than ever imagined by the church and by God.
“A state or an individual does not have the right to decide who has dignity to life and existence which is recognised by God from the moment of conception.
“This walk is to sensitise the public on the dangers of abortion as well as to educate the public that abortion is a sin in the sight of God,“ he said.
Nwabuwa urged every citizen to imbibe the culture of respect for human life from the moment of conception.
He described abortion, genocide, embryonic stem-cell research, condoms, contraceptives and same sex union as intrinsic evils on human life.
Nwabuwa also advised parents to educate their children about their sexual experience, saying that sex education should start from home.
“Life is sacred and that is why God holds it to a great deal.
“Therefore, abortion in any way is bad as nothing can justify the act as the child is innocent,” he said
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