The National Police is holding a woman, Nganji Anastasie aged 21, for alleged abortion and dumping her premature baby in a pit latrine.
Nganji was in her ninth month of pregnancy and was about to give birth.
The police spokesman, Supt. Theos Badege told Press, “It is a serious crime punished by the law.”
Nganji told press that “I did not abort willingly as I was waiting for the birth date. My roomate refused to escort me to the toilet when I wanted to use it. I went alone. While in the latrine, I had a miscarriage forcing the foetus into the pit latrine and then I cried for help.”
This happened after Health Development Initiative (HDI) proposed the introduction of condoms in secondary schools which was rejected by the ministry of education and other individuals.
Dr. Mathias Harebamungu, the state minister in charge of primary and secondary schools says that as “a researcher”, they should have legally considered many things before taking such decisions like updated statistics.
Mgr. Smaragde Mbonyintege of Kabgayi Catholic Church, in the end of 2011 put out an announcement rejecting the decisions.
He said: “it would be miserable to spread condoms in schools because it promotes sexual intercourses and I do not think it can meet their target of pregnancy and HIV/AIDS prevention.”
According to many mothers, this situation sometimes occurs when a mother is about to give birth and doctors at hospitals cannot allow a mother to go to the toilet in such circumstances.
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