Stop the birth control surgery LRT – Bodhu Bala Sena

Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Following a request made by the Bodhu Bala Sena, the President has asked Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena to issue a directive stop performing the birth control surgery, LRT in hospitals.

Bodhu Bala Sena has called on the President to act against all forces that are working towards reducing the Sinhala Buddhist population in the country under the “small family” (Punchi Pawula Raththaran) concept. The President has issued the directive following the request made by Bodhu Bala Sena for the government to stop all funding for hospitals and doctors to carry out birth control surgery and to stop such clinics being operated by state institutions and NGOs.

Bodhu Bala Sena has stated that the organization was not opposed to abortions carried out under reasonable circumstances, but did not approve moves to pay monies to Sinhala Buddhist mothers to undergo sterilizations.

Bodhu Bala Sena has alleged that reproductive health institutes like Marie Stoppes and Population Service Limited, which are also NGOs, were paying monies to the Health Minister to carry out sterilization programmes on Sinhala Buddhist women. Both these NGOs have been banned in Sri Lanka.

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