MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec 14, 2000 (LSN.ca) – Dorothy Granada, a 70-year-old American nurse running an illegal abortion practice in Nicaragua has been ordered out of the mostly pro-life country. AP reports that Granada, originally form California, has been in Nicaragua for 10 years. Interior Minister Jose Marenco said, “If Granada does not leave the country voluntarily she will confront charges for alleged crimes committed at the clinic and her involvement in local politics.”
A Santa Cruz, Calif., based feminist group, the Women’s Empowerment Network, said Dorothy Granada is “a saint, not an enemy of the state.” But Marenco retorted, “Granada is no Mother Teresa.”
LifeSite has previously reported there has been massive international pressure, including financial pressure, on Nicaragua to abandon its strong pro-life, pro-family stand. The pressure was so intense that it forced the resignation of former Minister for Family Affairs, Max Pedilla. LifeSite also reported that on August 31 Nicaragua experienced an historical meeting in favor of life when thousands of people took to the streets to march against the legalization of therapeutic abortion. One of the central moments of the activity was when Cardinal Obando Bravo, Archbishop of Managua, handed a petition directed to the legislators asking for a ban on all abortions. The President of Nicaragua, Arnoldo Aleman, who also took part in the march, affirmed, “the ones who pronounce themselves in favor of abortion are obsolete and maladapted.”
For the LifeSite coverage of Pedilla’s resignation see: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/000922.html#2
See the AP coverage at: https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001214/wl/nicaragua_american_deportation_2.html