Overturning of Roe v. Wade Galvanizes Africa’s Pro-Lifers

Overturning of Roe v. Wade Galvanizes Africa’s Pro-Lifers
File photo: Anti-abortion, and pro family activists hold placards during a prayer rally to protest against an abortion agenda in Nairobi, on November 14, 2019. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
Darren Taylor
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The Reverend Kenneth Meshoe is not accustomed to celebrating unless he is presenting a sermon at his local evangelical church.

As the leader of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), a political organization with only four seats in South Africa’s raucous 400-member parliament, where fists sometimes fly, he does not get much time to get his points across. When he does speak, his voice is often drowned out in a cacophony of jeers from members of bigger parties … especially when he stands up to condemn the most liberal abortion laws in Africa.