SP reacts to HH’s ‘you don’t get pregnant by mistake’ remark
SP deputy secretary general Antonio Mwanza writes:
President Hakainde SAMMY Hichilema has been quoted in some sections of the media saying and I quote, “You don’t get pregnant by MISTAKE, you get pregnant because you want to get pregnant” end of quote.
The statement by the President is not only incorrect but very misleading. It’s not true that everyone who gets pregnant does so by choice, NO. You can be raped and get pregnant; you can get pregnant by having casual sex in the name of having fun. Let’s not mislead young and inexperienced girls with such incorrect assumptions.
Zambia is grappling with a serious challenge of teen pregnancies and early marriages. We have too many teen pregnancies; and the majority of these pregnancies are unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.
Is the president saying that the thousands of our young girls who are getting pregnant are doing so by choice? Some, yes but the majority are not.
Let’s preach correct messages, especially to our young adults. As parents and leaders, we should be in the forefront educating and cautioning our teenage girls about the dangers of casual sex, one of which is ‘unplanned and unwanted pregnancies’; we shouldn’t be misleading them that they can only get pregnant when and if they want, NO.
Six research studies carried out in Zambia (two quantitative, two qualitative, and two mixed methods) have been reviewed. Factors at an individual’s level such as early or child marriage, exposure to media, knowledge about sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and contraception, contraceptive use, as well as risky sexual behaviours were found to be significantly associated with adolescent pregnancy. Peer pressure, educational attainment, household wealth, and the power dynamics of the household head were identified as the major socio-economic factors alongside socio-cultural, gender and sexual norms amongst other environmental and contextual factors. Policy level factors identified were lack and limited access to SRH information and services by adolescents, including an enabling legal environment.
Issued by
Antonio Mourinho Mwanza
Deputy General Secretary (Politics)
Socialist Party – Zambia
The root cause of child pregnancy is the poor standard of living among citizens especially youths.Young girls go through financial hardships that is why mainly they engage in early and unsafe sex.From Berlin
The President was right. He said the truth and the truth shall make people free. People know very well the consequences of their actions. When you plant seed you expect to germinate.
The problem with these political prostitutes like Anyonio Mwanya is that, they always feel so relevant in society when people have noticed foolishness in their political journey.
Look when you involve.yourself in sexual activity, just know that the consequences because you want to do sex. The issue of being raped does come in this matter because this is a criminal activity, where’s wanting to simply do casual sex is a personal matter thing which is being done in wishful manner and you with total regret.
What’s this idiot talking about
Lunatic!