The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda’s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear.
Schoolchildren are closely watched by teachers and parents as they make their way home from school. In playgrounds and on the roadside are posters warning of the danger of abduction by witch doctors for the purpose of child sacrifice.
The ritual, which some believe brings wealth and good health, was almost unheard of in the country until about three years ago, but it has re-emerged, seemingly alongside a boom in the country’s economy.
I happened to catch this on the BBC World News this morning. Be warned the content is disturbing–read it all; KSH.
Yes, the content is disturbing. Change the terminology a bit and it parallels the situation in China. The Chinese government believes that the country will be more prosperous and its citizens happier if there are fewer people. To accomplish this, women who are pregnant with a second child (without government permission) can be forcibly taken from their homes, delivered to an abortion clinic, and the baby is aborted, whether the mother will or no.
Maybe the Ugandan witch doctor is just engaging in retroactive abortion.
In more “enlightened” western countries, if a woman believes that she will be happier and financially better off if she aborts (sacrifices) her child, she can call on the services of an abortion (witch) doctor, who is protected by law.
In the end, whats the difference? Which is more disturbing? The mutilations performed by a Ugandan witch doctor with his machete or the mutilations of an American “abortion” doctor performing a late term abortion with his needle and curet?