Catholic Knights to hold vigil on abortion, mounts campaign on sex education

Knights of the Order of Saint Mulumba in collaboration with the Family and Human Life Unit, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos have concluded all arrangements to hold a reparation vigil on abortion.
Metropolitan Grand Knight, Lagos Metropolitan Council of the Order, Dr. Charles Mbelede, addressing a press conference in Lagos, said the programme, holding September 16, 2016 at the Church of Transfiguration, Lekki, is to reiterate the stand of the Catholic Church on Zero tolerance on abortion.
According to Mbelede, the vigil, which forms part of the Order’s Pro-life activities, is coming at the same time as the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Abortion, he said, refers to any premature expulsion of a human foetus, whether naturally spontaneous, as in a miscarriage, or artificially induced, as in a surgical or chemical abortion.
He said: “Abortion ends a pregnancy by destroying and removing the developing child.
“According to medical experts, a baby’s heart is noticeable by six weeks and during the seventh through the 10th weeks, when the majority of abortions are performed, fingers and genitals appear and the child’s face is recognizably human.
“Abortion is pure murder.”
Mbelede, laying emphasis on the evils of abortion, reechoed the words of Saint (Mother) Teresa, who said: “The greatest destroyer of peace today is the cry of the innocent unborn child. For if a mother can murder her own child in her womb, what is left for you and for me to kill each other?”
He listed the risks associated with abortion to include pelvic infection, blood clots in the uterus, heavy bleeding, cut or torn cervix and anaesthesia related complications.
Mbelede also frowned at the use of contraceptives, saying natural method is the only option approved by the Catholic Church.
A pro-life consultant and representative of the President of Family Life Unit, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Dr. Henrietta Williams, outlined the dangers of contraceptives and advised couples to go for natural family planning methods.
Williams stated that sex education that promotes spiritual and ethical values should be taught at homes and schools and not the one that promotes moral moral laxity.