Politics
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Uruguay's Pro-Life President Receives Support from Seven Major Religious Groups
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
MONTEVIDEO, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Representatives of seven different religious groups in Uruguay have made a joint declaration supporting president Tabaré Vázquez' promise to veto legislation to decriminalize abortion.
The religious groups include the Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic Churches, and Baptist, Mennonite, and Pentecostal groups.
The signers denounced "false opposition between the good of the mother and the good of the unborn child" and observed that "the two goods do not exclude each other, but rather are essential for one another."
Uruguay already has a liberal penal code in relation to abortion. Abortion in Uruguay is not penalized in cases in which the mother's life is in danger, rape, or severe economic hardship.
However, legislation under consideration by the nation's legislature would allow first-trimester abortions for virtually any reason (see previous LifeSiteNews.com coverage at http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08022506.html). Uruguay President Tabaré Vázquez, an obstetrician, has stood against his own party by promising to veto the legislation if it is passed.
Along with its condemnation of abortion decriminalization, the collective letter advocates a legal reform that will minimize punishments received by mothers and increase those given to doctors and others who actually carry out the abortion. It also advocates the creation of crisis pregnancy centers to help pregnant women in need.
In the face of newly-legalized "homosexual unions" in Uruguay, the joint statement included a reminder to Vazquez that adoption should not serve the interest of special interest groups, but rather the true interests of the child.
The state, wrote the representatives, "has the obligation to oversee the right of the child to receive a healthy education in an environment that guarantees him the necessary conditions for emotional, psychological, and moral development, over and above the demands and interests of those who request an adoption."
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- US Congress Passes Health Care Reform Bill 220 - 215
- Stupak Amendment to Health Care Bill Passes 240 - 194 Saturday Evening
- NY Times: Dems Banking on Later Squeezing Pro-Life Language Out of Bill in Committee
- USCCB Spokesman: "Definitely Not True" that Bishops Support Bill As it Stands
- TIME Got it Wrong - Prof. George Opposed Grandiose Kennedy Funeral
- Major Health Care Development - Pro-Life Stupak Amendment Vote OK'd for Saturday
- USCCB Condemnation Tears Facade off "Phony" Abortion Compromise for Health Bill
- Health Care Bill Includes Monthly Abortion Premium: House Minority Leader Boehner
- TIME Article Setting Burke Against O'Malley Called "Tactical strike" on Behalf of Catholic Left
- Dirty Fighting on Abortion Funding: Word-Games and Health-Care Theatrics Boggle the Mind
- Commentary on November 6 News
- Note to LifeSiteNews Subscribers with Rogers email addresses
- New York Gov. Declares Nov. 10 Extraordinary Legislative Session for Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Washington's Pro-Family Amendment Effort Defeated - R-71 Almost Certain to Pass
- Vote Pushed Back on Canadian Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bill to Dec. 2
- Elderly U.K. Couple in Good Health Commit Suicide, Complain of Assisted Suicide Law
- Texas Late-Term Abortionist and Baptist Minister Admits: "Am I killing? Yes, I am"
- New Evidence Contradicts CCHD's Findings on Accused Pro-Abortion Partner
- Quebec Priest Denies Possibility of Sexual Reorientation Therapy on TV
- New Hampshire Same-Sex "Marriage" Law in Crosshairs after Maine's Law Crumbles
- Brooklyn Bishop Criticized for Recorded Message Praising Pro-Abortion Politician
- First Group of "Traditionalist" Anglicans in Britain Votes to Enter Catholic Church
Most Read this Week
- Planned Parenthood Director Resigns after Watching Ultrasound of Abortion Procedure
- Nun Defiant Following Rebuke, but Stops Abortion Escorting
- Breaking: Dominican Community Apologizes for Nun Caught Acting as Abortion Escort
- TIME Article Setting Burke Against O'Malley Called "Tactical strike" on Behalf of Catholics Left
- Over 200 Christendom College Students Protest Abortion at Planned Parenthood Clinic
- US Congress Passes Health Care Reform Bill 218 to 215
- Newly Identified Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named
- Scottish Gay Rights Activists Found Guilty of Pedophilia Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
- Major Health Care Bill Development - Stupak Hyde Amendment Vote OK'd
- Health Care Bill Includes Monthly Abortion Premium: House Minority Leader Boehner
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.