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Forefront
Forefront – 10 April 2025
In this edition, Tammi Sulliman analyses the Chamber of Commerce debate with Cline Glidden, James Whittaker, and Chris Gourzong.
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Compass News
Party leaders reject calls to legalise abortion
Legalising abortion or changing the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples are unlikely to be on the agenda of the next government – whoever wins this month’s general election.
All three party leaders indicated little appetite for reform on two sensitive issues where Cayman’s Christian identity clashes with international human rights norms.
Quizzed on the issues during Wednesday’s leadership debate, Progressives leader Joey Hew, leader of The Caymanian Community Party André Ebanks and Cayman Islands National Party leader Dan Scott, presented a rare united front.
Abortion is still banned in Cayman except in cases where it is necessary to save the life of the mother, and is listed as an offence in the Penal Code, a situation that the Law Reform Commission has described as ‘draconian’. The commission has recommended legalising abortion without restriction up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy.
None of the leadership candidates said they would be willing to implement that recommendation.
