If you attempt suicide, make sure you die – Akpabio

The Senate has passed for 2nd speechmaking a measure seeking to found a nationalist model for termination prevention, decriminalise attempted termination and supply rehabilitation for survivors, contempt absorption from Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who insisted that attempted termination should inactive pull a jailhouse term.

The bill, sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong (Cross River South), seeks to code what helium described arsenic a contradiction successful Nigeria’s laws.

Ekpenyong argued that portion the National Mental Health Act recognises attempted termination arsenic a psychiatric exigency requiring treatment, Section 327 of the Criminal Code and Section 231 of the Penal Code inactive criminalise the act.

He said decriminalisation without accessible attraction would beryllium incomplete, noting that termination has analyzable causes and requires a humane, health-focused response.

According to him, criminalisation discourages radical from seeking help, encourages families to conceal termination attempts and contributes to mediocre information connected the issue.

He warned that continued punishment could make a concern successful which radical experiencing distress f...