TV actress and producer Maria Nepembe, has also signed the petition to call on the Minister of Health and Social Services Dr.Kalumbi Shangula, to legalize abortion in the country.
The petition was started by Banshee Beauty Boois, to express a collective plea to legalize abortion in Namibia. Maria also took to Twitter to call on others to also sign the petition, which has earned over 3000 signatures.
Taking to Twitter she tweeted the caption "Honorable Dr.Kalumbi Shangula Minister of Health and Social Services: Legalize Abortion in Namibia."
Scores of other people in the country have been calling on the government to legalize abortion, as women are dying of doing illegal abortions and their lives are often at danger.
