On 10/16/06, michael a. lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Logically, the religious leaders chose the "fast route", which means that already this afternoon they introduced the proposal and they will address it in the coming weeks. The Sandinista Front, the Liberal Constitutionalist Party and other parties offered the religious leaders the unanimous vote of their parliamentary representatives to approve this initiative, in return for which Therapeutic Abortion will be eliminated from the Code in the coming weeks, before the the November 5 elections.
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As part of the electoral campaign, the Frente Sandinista under the leadership of ex-revolutionary Daniel Ortega and his Somocist vice presidential candidate, along with other right wing parties (PLC, ALN) have formed an alliance with the Vatican and its catholic hierarchy and some evangelical churches to rush through a law (in 10 days!!!) to outlaw any form of abortion.
The FMLN in El Salvador also backed total criminalization of abortion in the end. A pattern emerging in Central America? -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
