Ghana's Supreme Court on Wedensday, July 19, 2023 threw out an application that sought to stop the Ghana's Parliament from proceeding with the passage of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, notably known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
The nine-member panel, presided over by the Chief Justice of Ghana, Gertrude Torkornoo, unanimously dismissed the application, which was filed by a Research Fellow with the Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Amanda Odoi and some other person.
The court's ruling was that the plaintiffs did not provide it reason enough to order parliament to abrogate its processes to pass the anti-gay bill.
The nine-member panel included Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo
Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Gabriel Pwamang, Mariama Owusu, Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Yonny Kulendi, Barbara Ackah-Yensu, Samuel Asiedu, George Koomson
In the mean time, GHana's Parliament has adopted the motion of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliament Committee on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill (anti-LGBTQI bill)
This followed the second reading of the bill on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
The bill as it stands now is at the consideration stage where the honourable house is expected to go through it, clause by clause and make the necessary amendments proposed by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee.