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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pete Pattisson in Beni

‘One-man anti-abortion army’: shadow of US global gag rule looms over Nepal’s family planning services

Soman Rai speaks to a hall of women in Nepal
Soman Rai preaches his anti-abortion message to women at a church in Nepal. His organisation, Voice of Fetus Nepal, is partly funded by Christian groups in the US. Photograph: Pete Pattisson

“One, two, three,” says Soman Rai slowly, to the click of his fingers. “Every three seconds a baby dies by abortion. One, two, three,” he repeats. Behind him, the word “Abortion” is projected on to a screen in a red font that drips down the slide to resemble blood. Underneath is written: Abortion is world history’s greatest genocide.

It is an uncompromising message in an unlikely location; a church in a remote valley in Nepal.

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