Police in Uganda on Thursday, August
18th, raided a notorious abortion clinic and arrested the doctor, Moses
Kaweesa. The police officers (disguised in plain clothes) raided Miriam Medical
Centre in Bwaise and rescued secondary school girls who were being prepared to
undergo abortion.
Drama ensued when one woman
identified as Joan began to cry and plead for leniency because she was about to
get married.
The doctor, who carries out the
abortions, Moses Kaweesa, said, “If you arrest me, my life will be done. I get
a living by helping girls abort."
A total of seven people were
arrested on the afternoon. Attempts by Moses Kaweesa to offer a bribe to the
arresting police officers were futile.
The police worked along with
officials from KCCA, Remnant Uganda (an NGO) and Reproductive Health Uganda to
carry out the operation. Abortion in Uganda is illegal and carries a sentence
of up to 14 years. Prior to the raid, Kampala Sun had published a story about
choking the country's capital.
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