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Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 19, 2012 \/ 12:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pro-life organizations in Uruguay have launched a signature drive for the country's political parties to repeal the newly enacted abortion law in their campaigns for the 2014 elections.<\/p>\n

\tIn a statement sent to CNA on Nov. 16, the fifteen Uruguayan pro-life organizations said that \u201cthe right to life, like all human rights in general, is not dependent on majorities or minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBy a vote of 50-49, the Uruguayan congress passed a law during a late-night session on Sept. 25 legalizing abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAnything can be put to an 'all or nothing' vote, but never human rights, and much less the right to life,\u201d the groups said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe legalization of abortion was the result of international pressure exerted on our governors and legislators by local activists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn their statement, they also argued that Uruguay's abortion law, which was signed by President Jose Mujica, \u201cignores scientific data, which unequivocally points to the beginning of the life of a new human being at conception.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Constitution, the laws and norms that govern parliamentarian action have been trampled upon in the desire to enact at all costs a bill that, in recognizing the mother\u2019s right to dispose of the life of her child, is contrary to the San Jose of Costa Rica Pact, signed and ratified by our country,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\tThe legalization of abortion, they underscored, has led in many countries \u201cto a sustained increase in legal abortions throughout the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe law has an educational role that cannot be ignored, and with abortion no longer seen as wrong, an \u2018abortion culture\u2019 is slowly established in a country where courage and respect for human life are per se already deteriorated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tMoreover, \u201cclandestine abortion will continue to exist, since the law demands that a legal abortion be recorded in the woman\u2019s clinical record and that she undergo counseling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe clandestine circle of abortion will not disappear, and consequently we are dealing with a law that is not only contrary to rights, but also ineffective in the ends it supposedly is pursuing,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\tFor this reason, they urged Uruguayan officials to focus on helping women who become pregnant in difficult circumstances, instead of promoting abortion.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt concerns us that our lawmakers don\u2019t seem to have the least interest in offering real and supportive help to these mothers who are alone,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe invite all citizens to sign this campaign that begins today in defense of that which has always been a source of pride for our society, the respect for the rights of others and the defense of equality for all before the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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