ACLJ is helping draft Kenyan constitution to ban abortion

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The Associated Press reports: (h/t Right Wing Watch)

Abortions are illegal in Kenya under current law, but hundreds of thousands of women still seek them each year. The existing law, however, does allow a doctor to perform an abortion if a woman's life is in danger.

That exception is also included in a proposed constitution due to be put to a referendum later this year. Church leaders fear the phrasing will open the door to legalizing abortion, saying that defining a threat to a woman's health could be interpreted broadly.

"It opens the door to abortion on demand, which is why Christian organizations who are pro-life are so opposed to that provision," said Jordan Sekulow, director for international operations at the anti-abortion American Center for Law and Justice, one of the U.S. groups now involved in Kenya's debate.

Wow. It's bad enough that American evangelicals helped inspire the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill that proposes to incarcerate homosexuals and people who won't snitch on them. Apparently, the conservative Christian organizations think that the whole darn world, not just the U.S., should follow the Bible rather than common law and democracy. Because it's really easy, the orgs target Third World countries with majority Christian populations.

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1. This will significantly hamper America's marathon teams

Short sighted idiots helping them