CHILE: Pro-Life Statement by President Piniera

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. | March 26, 2012

Chile’s legislature is currently reviewing its abortion laws, with a view of permitting therapeutic abortion. Chile’s president Sebastian Piniera, wrote a statement for the Chilean daily EL MERCURIO that should be read, and can be seen here (in Spanish), or here (in english).

In the statement the president is uncompromisingly pro-life. He believes international law protects life from the moment of conception, and that the death of the unborn child should never be directly caused. With regards what abortion say about countries that outlaw abortion he states:

Some argue that Chile will be a less modern and civilized country if it doesn’t imitate what other supposedly better developed nations have done, where abortion is not only legal but widely accepted. But they are wrong. They forget that Chile has a more than one hundred year tradition of protecting fundamental rights, that we were one of the first countries in the world to establish liberty for the children of slaves and prohibit slavery. And precisely the way that a society treats its weakest members—senior citizens, the sick, the most poor, those who suffer some sort of handicap, and unborn children—says much about the level of its civilization than its material wealth, the height of its buildings, the quality of its infrastructure, or its military might.

From: http://www.lifesitenews.com/resources/my-commitment-to-life-by-chilean-president-sebastian-pinera

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