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By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bolivia will hold a nationwide referendum this Sunday to approve or reject a new constitution containing pro-abortion language, and providing special rights for homosexuals and “transgender” people. The new document will also nullify Bolivia’s existing recognition of Catholicism, declaring that the government adheres to no religion. Article 66 of the new constitution would “guarantee to women and men the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights,” a phrase that is customarily used by international pro-abortion organizations to refer to the “right” to abortion and contraception. Article 14, paragraph 2, […]

Bolivia Prepares to Vote on Abortionist, Homsexualist and Secularist Constitution by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bolivia will hold a nationwide referendum this Sunday to approve or reject a new constitution containing pro-abortion language, and providing special rights for homosexuals and “transgender” people. The new document will also nullify Bolivia’s existing recognition of Catholicism, declaring that the government adheres to no religion. Article 66 of the new constitution would “guarantee to women and men the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights,” a phrase that is customarily used by international pro-abortion organizations to […]

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia, Mar 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A twelve-year-old girl in Bolivia was ordered by a judge to submit to an abortion until doctors opposed the procedure as dangerous to the girl’s health and objected to ending the life of the unborn child. The child was apparently raped by her stepfather and is now close to five months pregnant. Judge Juan Luis Ledezma of Cochabamba had given approval to the abortion and had appointed a panel of doctors to submit a report to him with the name of the doctor who would perform the […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LA PAZ, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bolivians went to the polls yesterday and approved a constitution that critics say contains pro-abortion and homosexualist language, threatens the autonomy of families, and gives excessive powers to the central government. Although the final results will not be verified for a week, exit polls indicate that the constitution passed by a popular vote of 60% to 40%.  However, current vote tallies indicate that the document was rejected in provinces traditionally opposed to socialist president Evo Morales. Although the new document will certainly be approved, Morales may not be able to enforce it […]