Dominican Republic Amends Constitution, Bans Abortion
& UNICEF & other pro-aborts are up in arms. The 'culture of death" is throwing a hissy fit because they lost a battle. IMHO, they need to get over it. Good won over their demonic agenda. But, I suspect the "culture of death" will not role over & go away silently. They will use the UN & other countries to try & blackmail the Dominican Republic by withholding financial aide as long as they abortion ban is in place. & A huge dose of anti-Catholicism will be included in these attempts to overthrow the ban.
In fact, the attacks on the Catholic Church have already begun. From an article in Dominican Today: "Several citizens and health and human rights specialists called 'a shame and a mistake' the approval in the first roll call of the controversial article 30 of the constitutional reform bill submitted by the Executive Branch, and rebuff the Catholic Church’s alleged influence on the assembly members’ decision.
United Nations Program for Human Development coordinator Miguel Ceara Hatton criticized the approved article and the Catholic Church, which in his view has become a motor for 'social exclusion' in the country. 'The Catholic Church influenced in everything. For following a dogma it has become a source and a motor for social exclusion in the Dominican Republic. The dogma is placed ahead of the needs of the population, health, housing and better living conditions.' " (Groups rail the Dominican Catholic Church for abortion ban) (emphasis mine)
United Nations Program for Human Development coordinator Miguel Ceara Hatton criticized the approved article and the Catholic Church, which in his view has become a motor for 'social exclusion' in the country. 'The Catholic Church influenced in everything. For following a dogma it has become a source and a motor for social exclusion in the Dominican Republic. The dogma is placed ahead of the needs of the population, health, housing and better living conditions.' " (Groups rail the Dominican Catholic Church for abortion ban) (emphasis mine)
I would remind those people who complain about dogma (which simply means teaching) being put ahead of human needs what Jesus said about gaining the whole world & losing their souls. Actually, they are creating a false dichotomy by saying these needs can only be met by killing the unborn. Pro-aborts are the true motor for "social exclusion" because they exclude the unborn from having their basic human right to life. The Catholic Church is standing up for the true rights of everyone.
Their attacks on the Catholic Church are another example of calling evil (abortion) good & good (defending the basic human right to life) evil. But since Satan, the father of lies, is behind the "culture of death" is it any wonder that they would use lies to forward their evil agenda?
Pro-life article 11 passes by large majority despite pressure from pro-abortion groups
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
SANTO DOMINGO, April 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Dominican Republic has voted to approve language in its new constitution protecting the right to life from the moment of conception.
Article 11 of the new constitution, which was approved by a large majority of 167-32, states that "the right to life is inviolable from conception until death. The death penalty cannot be established, pronounced, nor applied, in any case."
The approval of the article came in the wake of a series of massive campaigns by the Catholic bishops of the Dominican Republic, led by Cardinal Archbishop Nicolas de Jesus Lopez of Santo Domingo. The Cardinal has organized marches, has given a speech on national television, and has staged large-scale protests outside of government buildings and in other places over the past two years.
On Easter Sunday, a little more than a week before the vote, the Cardinal and other priests gave sermons on the importance of protecting the right to life (see LifeSiteNews coverage at
The nation's Evangelical Protestant churches have also had a major influence on the outcome. Organized by such leaders as Dr. Gene Antonio, they have succeeded in playing video of abortions on national television and have distributed tens of thousands of flyers to 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 Antonio. "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."
The article passed despite pressure from pro-abortion groups, whom Catholic Church officials have accused of representing the international abortion lobby, as well as opposition from the Dominican Medical College.
Passage of article 11 ensures that the Dominican Republic's existing penal code, which punishes abortion in all cases except when the life of the mother is at stake, will remain intact despite the pressure exerted by international and domestic pro-abortion organizations.
Related LifeSiteNews Coverage:
Santo Domingo Cardinal Calls Abortionists "Butchers" and "Merchants" in Easter Homily
Interview: Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Gives Prescription for Defeating International Abortion Lobby
Catholics in Dominican Republic Plan Offensive Against Abortion
Dominicans Stage Massive Pro-Life Demonstration at National Congress
Dominican Republic Protest Against Attempt to Legalize Abortion
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