Back off, Tayebwa tells government over condoms for 15-year-old girls
KAMPALA – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa, has stepped in to clip a new plan by the Health ministry officials to allow girls aged aged 15 to use condoms, implants, birth control pills and other family planning methods. Tayebwa on Tuesday gave his side of the coin in response to a matter raised by Lucy Akello, the Amuru District Woman MP, who questioned the draft policy on contraceptives for young girls. He warned the architects of the policy, that legalizing birth control for young girls would be equivalent to legitimizing sexual violence in Uganda. “The devil shouldn't take hold of anyone's thoughts to approve birth control for teenagers.” We pray that the devil doesn’t find his way and such thoughts should never come into the minds of our people because it is giving up,” Tayebwa said. “That […]