NewsWhore
08-23-2007, 05:40 PM
In the second and final public forum held in Congress, opponents and supporters of legalizing abortion have voiced their opinions. Of the 127 scheduled to speak, only 50 got the chance but there was no shortage of passion. Diario Libre writes that Jose Ricardo Taveras, who heads the committee that studied the proposal, had to intervene several times in order to take control of the heated debate at the National Assembly Hall. Gynecologist Lilliam Fondeur argued that abortion should be legal during the first 90 days of pregnancy when the mother's life is in danger or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Writer and campaigner Chiqui Vicioso said that the abortion issue is riddled with class and racial discrimination because most of the women affected are poor and black. She called for men to be more responsible. The Catholic Church, represented by father Luis Rosario, maintained its traditional anti-abortion stance. Rosario said that he is against the legalization of abortion, regardless of the way that some have disguised it.
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