(LifeSiteNews) — Pro-life activists called on Kenya’s Ministry of Health to investigate the illegal practices of an international group pushing abortion pills on women.
The pro-life activists launched a petition through CitizenGO, urging the government of Kenya to prevent the practices of the pro-abortion group IPAS.
“IPAS Africa Alliance is pushing dangerous abortion pills on vulnerable Kenyan girls and women under the false label of ‘healthcare,’” the petition states. “Pharmacies, schools, and slums are being flooded with chemical abortions.”
“With foreign money, IPAS bribes health workers, bends the law, and turns pharmacies into illegal abortion shops,” it continues.
According to the website Inside Philanthropy, IPAS is “the world’s only international NGO dedicated exclusively to expanding access to abortion and contraception.”
IPAS operates in many countries around the world, but its headquarters and board of directors are based in the U.S. It has received funding from the Ford and Susan Thompson Buffett Foundations as well as the MacArthur Foundation.
The activist accused IPAS of leaving women without care after giving them abortion pills “delivered through WhatsApp or anonymous pharmacies” to circumvent regulations.
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“Girls are left to bleed, suffer trauma, and even risk death — without care, support, or accountability. Babies are expelled in bathrooms. Women are abandoned when complications come,” the pro-lifers wrote.
They stressed that IPAS is using the same methods in other countries, such as Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, and South Africa.
“They flood entire regions with abortion pills, especially where young women have little access to medical care. Africa is being used as a testing ground for unsafe practices.”
The pro-life activists noted that IPAS is spreading propaganda “to normalize abortion among teens.”
“This must be exposed. IPAS is not only breaking Kenya’s laws, it is exploiting the most vulnerable across Africa,” the petition states.
“This petition is our chance to say no. No to turning Kenya into a dumping ground for abortion pills. No to the abuse of our daughters. No to foreign profiteers who trade life for money.”
As Live Action noted, a recent report showed “that nearly 11% of women (10.93%) who take the abortion pill experience sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or other serious or life-threatening adverse events — meaning one in 10 women experience at least one serious complication from taking mifepristone within 45 days.”
International pro-abortion groups have targeted traditionally pro-life and pro-family African countries for decades under the guise of providing so-called “reproductive health,” a euphemism for the killing of the unborn.
