MP for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, burst out in Parliament on Wednesday during a debate of the Anti-LGBTQI+ Private Members Bill, arguing that all forms of unnatural carnal knowledge are against the laws of the country.
Although the lawmaker indicated that she had no interest in the private sexual activity of anyone, she urged women who are coerced by their partners into engaging in oral and anal sex to report the incidents to the police for assistance.
She stated: “For the avoidance of doubt and the information of all Ghanaians, oral sex and anal sex, regardless of whether it is between woman and man, man and man, or woman and woman, is illegal under our law, and so if there is anybody who is practicing oral sex or anal sex, please note that what you are doing is against the existing law of this country.”
“And so I will urge any woman or young girl being subjected to any such practice under the guise of heterosexual sex to know that what they are being asked to do is against the law and must seek help from the Police. Anal sex is unnatural carnal knowledge; the use of sex toys is unnatural carnal knowledge,” she added.
But speaking to Adabraka-based Citi FM, MP for Ningo Prampam, Sam Nartey George, and a key proponent of the “Anti-Gay” bill reasoned that Madam Owusu-Ekuful can on her own move for amendment of the bill or propose on her own or together with other MPs a new private members bill to reflect her concerns.
According to Hon. Sam George, he is “comfortable” with the bill in its present state, adding that there are no precise laws in Ghana that frown upon what Hon. Owusu-Ekuful alluded to.
After intense deliberations on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, none of the legislators opposed the “Promotion of Proper Human Rights and Ghana Family Values Bill”.
The bill has now reached the consideration stage.
