By RODRICK DESURI
Auki
A Family-Life talks session was held this week at Larione, West Kwaio, Malaita Province, and it revealed that cervical and breast cancer in women’s bodies are allegedly caused by medical and traditional treatments used to avoid pregnancy or abortion.
The Family-Life team is a Catholic group formed under Buma Holy Spirit Parish in West Kwaio.
The facilitator, Arthur Agwa, during one of their sessions yesterday, said cervical and breast cancer is most likely caused by abortion-related tools and equipment used to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
He said cancer is becoming a leading cause of death in the country because mothers affected by the consequences of these tools and equipment do not want to report their conditions and seek treatment at hospitals and clinics when it is in its early stages.
He said that according to their family-life teaching, the human body is the temple of God, and it can be affected when people want to use follow and use their own intelligence.
“Our human body is the temple of God and was created by God. God is an intelligent being. He molded us and doesn’t miss anything that each human body has in the world.
“But when we want to follow and use our own intelligence, that is when we face its effects, and cervical and breast cancer are the main effects,” he said.
Christina Bubuleu, a mother of six children who has gone through this said the effects are real.
She explained that when she used material tools and equipment to prevent pregnancy, she felt and encountered many pains in parts of her body.
She said she also experienced abnormal menstruation.
“For surely, I experienced and encountered the effects of using materials like diaphragms, and it really affected my body.
“After I realized that the pains within my body were caused by the diaphragm, I went to a priest and confessed all to him,” she said.
The Family Life Talks is an organized team formed by Catholic christians.
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