Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has advised women who are pressured by their boyfriends into indulging in oral and anal sex to seek police aid.
The politician highlighted that under the Anti-LGBTQ bill, having anal intercourse is unlawful regardless of gender and will be a criminal violation.
She was speaking during a discussion in Parliament about the bill Promoting Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values.
The senator was concerned about tales of spouses receiving divorce threats from their husbands for refusing to partake in these sexual actions.
“For the avoidance of doubt and the information of all Ghanaians, oral sex, anal 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 practising oral sex or anal sex please note that what you are doing is against the existing law of this country.
In a speech to her colleagues on Wednesday, she emphasised the importance of the proposed measure in tackling such challenges.
“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 and law and must seek help from the Police. Anal sex is unnatural carnal knowledge, use of sex toys is unnatural carnal knowledge.”
This comes after the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament recommended that the contentious law be passed.
Other legislators who supported the measure were Bernard Ahiafor, Nelson Rockson Dafeamekpor, Sam George, Murtala Mohammed, and John Ntim Foruor, among others.
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, urged MPs who opposed the measure to get up and be counted.
However, his call remained unanswered, despite the fact that Members of Parliament aggressively advocated for the bill’s adoption.
After the measure has passed its second reading, it will go to the deliberation stage before a third reading to signify passage.
