Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Communications Minister and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has expressed worry about the inclusion of sex toys as criminalized items in the Anti-LGBT bill which is currently before Parliament.
As to her statement, the inclusion of clause 3(c) in the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, which criminalizes the use of sex toys, may unintentionally impact heterosexual couples who utilize such devices to improve their sexual experiences.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament during the consideration of the Anti-LGBT bill the Ablekuma West MP said, “And I think we raised this when the committee was considering it that the proposed amendment in 3(c) may create unintended consequences because sexual intercourse between a man and an inanimate object or between a woman and an inanimate object would necessarily include sexual intercourse with all manner of aids that couple use to enhance the sexual experience.”
“And I’m not sure if that’s what the intention of this bill is. It would necessarily include sex toys and other aids that couples, heterosexual couples also use to enhance the sexual experience.
“So if that is what the house intends then we have to be clear in our minds that we may be criminalising activities which may not necessarily be limited to only those LGBTQI community that the target of this bill is, but it may also be targeting straight couples who use sex enhancement tools to enhance the sexual experience.
“So we need to be mindful of the unintended consequences of 3(c) could be and I’ll propose that 3(c) be deleted from this amendment.”