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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas I would like to second that further amendment, the reasons my friend Dr. Shaban has given are very important. We are dealing with an extremely complicated scientific issue that obstetricians and gynaecologists have said a lot about. The Kenya Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists, the Kenya Association of Reproductive Health together with the International Plan Parenthood Federation whose officials were in my office this morning--- We should listen to this professional advice. The best thing is to ensure that, in a constitution, things are stated in general terms which do not invite controversy. When you have a constitution inviting legal and professional controversy, you are entering in the realm of legislation. I would have preferred, as the hon. Minister said, to leave these matters to legislation. I am quite sure that if we sought the opinion of the Attorney-General, he would concur with us that Sub- Article 4 should be left out altogether precisely because of the kind of controversies that it invites. I would rather we are on the side of caution in this House by leaving out of the constitution matters that belong to the realm of law making and later on, bring these matters to this House, so that we can examine them carefully and make concrete regulations that will help the profession of medicine."
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