Stopping "Therapeutic Abortion" :: ProLifeBlogs

re: "Abortion is a crime in Peru, as in all Latin American countries except Cuba and Puerto Rico. Unborn babies are protected from the moment of conception by the constitutions of all these countries, as well as the American Convention of Human Rights, also known as the Pact of San Jose. Pro-abortion legislation has repeatedly failed to pass the region's congresses. The people of Latin America, no less than their elected representatives, are overwhelmingly pro-life. Faced with this level of popular opposition, the pro-abortion movement has long sought a backdoor way to "legalize" abortion. /One of their favorite tactics has been to claim that any abortion that goes unpunished is a "legal" abortion. Since the law in some Latin American countries does not always impose a penalty for abortion, this claim has succeeded in confusing the issue to some degree. /Using this pretext, they have begun to pressure ministries of health to approve "protocols of emergency gynecological attention."..."...