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Abortion Permanently a Crime in the Dominican Republic, Pro-life Victory
Comes with a Vote
of 167 to 32
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From: Christian Newswire
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Subject: Abortion Permanently a Crime in the Dominican Republic, Pro-life
Victory Comes with a Vote
of 167 to 32
Abortion Permanently a Crime in the Dominican Republic, Pro-life Victory
Comes with
a Vote of 167 to 32
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- In
response to recent
efforts by international pro-abortion groups seeking to
decriminalize abortion in the Dominican Republic, legislators
permanently
enshrined the right to life for pre-born humans by rewriting the
Constitution of the Dominican Republic
with the words "the right to life is
inviolable from conception until death."
The vote
of 167 to 32 was held yesterday afternoon and served as a major
victory to those working to protect all human life.
A pro-life coalition recently traveled to the Santo Domingo to raise
awareness about abortion during
the hearings of this bill. The young people
in this coalition of organizations included Faithful Soldier School of
Evangelism, Live Action San Jose, and Personhood USA.
The group joined with local missionary Dr Gene
Antonio to distribute over
50,000 pieces of literature about abortion from Human Life Alliance.
"A true respect for human life is protecting it from the beginning, the
Dominican Republic is ahead of America
in building a society where all human
life is truly respected." said Ignacio Reyes Director of Live Action San
Jose
The group made a major impact by showing a graphic video of an actual
abortion procedure
on dozens of national television programs which broadcast
to millions of Dominicans.
"We
are thrilled that the protection of human life from the moment of
conception is now established into the constitution
in-spite of fierce
international pressure to legalize abortion," stated Dr. Gene Antonio,
Pro-life Missionary
in the Dominican Republic. He continued "This
overwhelming victory serves as an example to the other Latin countries
fighting to protect life, that we can win and we must win because the lives
of little people are at stake."
"As we continue to fight for the personhood rights of the Pre-born in
America, we celebrate
and applaud the protection of Life in the Dominican
Republic. The people on the small Caribbean island understand that
all life
is precious and should be protected! We pray that America catches on soon"
said Keith Mason of Personhood
USA
Personhood USA is a grassroots Christian organization founded to establish
personhood efforts
across America to create protection for every child by
love and by law. Personhood USA is committed to assisting and
supporting
Personhood Legislation and Constitutional Amendments and building local
pro-life organizations through
raising awareness of the personhood of the
pre-born.
Christian NewswireTo: National & International Desks
Contact: Dr. Gene Antonio, 809-304-0520 (international call); Keith Mason,
Personhood USA, 202-595-3500