2009 - Vol 4
Life Chain Confronts Abortionists
By God’s providential timing, the annual Life Chain in Cape Town on Sunday, 4 October, coincided with the opening of a Pro-Abortion Medical Congress – at the Cape Town International Convention Centre – directly opposite where the Life Chain was held! The FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics website claimed that over 6000 delegates were expected at the Congress. Lecture Topics included: Why “Mysoprostal is Essential for Reproductive Health”, “Reaching Women with Medical Abortion Services”, “Innovative Reproductive Health Service Models for Undeserved Communities” and “Preventing of Unsafe Abortion: Expanding Women’s Access to Safe Abortion”! Most of the lectures were given by pro-abortion organisations, such as Marie Stopes, The World Health Organisation and IPAS. Some of the delegates received pro-life leaflets and were engaged in personal witnessing by pro-life protestors.
Approximately 200 Christians gathered at the Cape Town Life Chain prayer vigil, holding placards proclaiming: Abortion Kills Babies, Abortion: One heart stops, another heart breaks. Take my hand – not my life, Abortion: The ultimate child abuse, and A person is a person, no matter how small. Over 5000 pro-life leaflets and Gospel tracts were distributed to passing motorists and pedestrians.