Massive Pro-Life March Convinces Nicaraguan Congress to Propose Ban on All Abortions
By Gudrun Schultz
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, October 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-life demonstration of more than 10,000 people in the country’s capital has influenced National Assembly leader Rene Nuñez, with the Sandinista Party, to sponsor legislation that would ban all abortions in the country, the Catholic News Agency reported yesterday.
“Together with the bishops and the Catholic Church of Nicaragua and with the pastors of the evangelical church, we commit ourselves to seeking out the quickest way to do so, which in this case would be the reform of the current Penal Code,” Nuñez said.
The announcement marks a policy turn-around for the Sandinista Party, which supported abortion during the recent political campaign.
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