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Santa Rosa (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Rinaldo Fidel Bredice, Bishop of Santa Rosa, has expressed "total rejection" of what is termed as “therapeutic” abortion recently approved by the regional parliament. The Bishop said so called “therapeutic” abortion is an "an inhuman act contrary to natural", a norm which is "clearly anti-constitutional". He says enough attacks on life are caused by accidents, damage to the ecosystem, murder every day in the news, without the need to add legal suppression of life by means of abortion.
Yesterday 29 November the La Pampa house of representatives approved a proposal to legalise abortion under the pretext of regulating the practice of non punishable abortions. This “Protocol of Non-Punishable Abortion” guarantees abortion in the case of threats to the “ integral health of the mother” (physical, psychic or social,) which is the equivalent to unlimited legalisation of abortion. The Protocol describes General Principles to be applied by health workers: Procedure; Interdisciplinary Team to diagnose cases of 'therapeutic abortion '; Conscious Objection to be manifested within 30 days of the Law's coming into effect, and the opening of a Register conscious objectors. All hospitals without exception are bound to practice abortion.
The Bishop of Santa Rosa reminds the authorities of their duty "to protect the life of every human being, because the right to life is the first of human rights". And he says: "Instead of making it easier to kill the child in its mother's womb, why does the government not provide assistance for the mother and child until the new citizen is 18 years old?" and again "Why not help all those Argentineans who long to adopt a child?". He appeals to the authorities to "protect the life of the most helpless citizens, the unborn babies of Pampa". (RG) (Agenzia Fides 30/11/2007; righe 23, parole 303)
