In support of the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021,” Ghana’s Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has denounced oral and anal sex.
The lawmaker, who also serves as the Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, made the call on the floor of parliament on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, while speaking about the second reading of the anti-LGBTQI+ bill presented to the house by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee.
On the floor of the Parliament on Wednesday, Owusu-Ekuful, a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Ablekuma through the Patriotic Party (NPP), said those engaging in anal and oral sex are breaking Ghanaian law.
Ursula also urged women who have been forced by their husbands to engage in oral and anal sex to report the incidents to the police for assistance.
“Mr Speaker, for the avoidance of doubt and the information of all Ghanaians, oral sex, 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 practising oral sex or anal sex, please note that what you are doing is against the existing law of this country,” she said.
The Bill’s goal is to protect human sexual rights, and Ghanaian Family Values forbid lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+), and related activities.
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful further said, “Mr Speaker, some wives have faced threats of divorce from their husbands for refusing to participate in such sexual acts.
“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,” said.
“Mr Speaker, anal sex is unnatural carnal knowledge, and the use of sex toys is unnatural carnal knowledge,” she said.
Mr. Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Ho West, moved the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021” for a second reading on the floor of Parliament, and it was supported by Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, an NPP MP for Assin South.
Meanwhile, the bill’s defence sparked reactions on Twitter after a viral video revealed that Owusu-Ekuful was enraged when Murtala Mohammed, the MP for Tamale Central, accused her of homosexuality, as tweeted by @SIKAOFFICIAL1.