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    "id": 995162,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Reproductive Health Bill. I want to salute Sen. Kihika for coming up with this Bill because it touches on the life of human beings. It also touches on the life of the community because life begins with a mother. When we have a Bill on reproductive health and when you see how clauses have been arranged here, then we note that there is a lot that we need to applaud Sen. Kihika for. I want to go straight to the point that my colleague has touched on, with regard to termination of pregnancy. In this Bill, Sen. Kihika has stated very well how a pregnancy can be terminated. There are many quacks in Kenya who have come up disguised as doctors or nurses. There is so much that is going on and life is being threatened when it comes to termination of pregnancies. If this Bill passes and is signed into law, there is much that can be aligned to it, especially when terminating pregnancies. The three issues aligned here on termination include, where there is need for emergency treatment and the pregnancy could endanger the life or health of the mother or where there exists substantial risk that the foetus will suffer from severe physical and mental abnormalities that are incompatible with life outside the womb. These are three concrete reasons why we say that this Bill needs to pass. If at all the community is going to be subjected to such Bills and it follows well what is stated here, then they cannot in one way or another claim that a woman who undergoes these procedure has procured an abortion. Madam Temporary Speaker, confidentiality in health comes first. Confidentiality of any person’s health records or information must be paramount. A person who possesses information by virtue of this Act shall not divulge such information to any person except otherwise, provided. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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