UNICEF Calls for Legal Abortion in Dominican Republic
UNICEF Calls for Legal Abortion in Dominican Republic by LifeSiteNews.com 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 […]
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