By By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. and Paola Ocejo
"NEW YORK, NY, April 23, 2009 (C-FAM) - Despite direct intervention by a top United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official, the Dominican Republic appears poised to adopt a new constitution that protects human life "from conception until death."
While Dominican lawmakers were debating the merits of such a provision and the nation's penal prohibition of abortion, Nils Kastberg, UNICEF's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, interjected himself, calling on Dominican legislators to consider liberalizing abortion so women would not be forced into "unsafe procedures." He also suggested they would be "hypocrites" unconcerned with the nation's higher-than-average teen birth rate. Kastberg made his statements while visiting the capital of Santo Domingo at the end of March.
Rather than bowing to external pressure from UNICEF and pro-abortion non-governmental organizations, this week members of the bicameral constitutional assembly voted 167-32 to approve the proposed charter, including Article 30, which states, "The right to life is inviolable from conception to death." Another article would define marriage as being between a man and a woman."
Taken from: Lifesite News. Click on title for full article.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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