Pregnancy Bill bad for fight against HIV

The Senate is set to debate the Care and Protection of Child and Parents Bill which intends to protect the rights of child parents. Bluntly said, the Bill rewards teenage sex and contradicts the fight against HIV.

This coming days after the World Aids Day when teenagers were identified as having one of the highest incidences of new HIV infections and girls representing most of those infections.

As much as I agree with the Bill's divine intention of promoting the rights of teenage mothers, I frown at the way it is treating them like entirely innocent angels. The proposed law has relieved them of all consequences and responsibility, placing it entirely on the schools and parents, as well as the public through county government day care centres. The Bill intends to punish parents for the mistakes of their children.