The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santiago, Monsignor Tomás Morel Diplán, declared yesterday that the Catholic Church is respectful of the position of President Luis Abinader, in which it supports abortion with its causes, but that it does not he shares because the important thing is to preserve the lives of others from conception to death.
Morel Diplán indicated that the church has long raised its position regarding abortion and its causation, and that it does not matter if it is a rape or other situations, because regardless of the life of beings must be respected. humans. He also explained that the family must be formed and respected.
Right to life
While the Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity (Codue) recalled that the primary duty of the state is to ensure the right to life. Codue President Feliciano Lacen said in a statement that abortion would be legitimized by the death of a human being conceived so that the mother’s right to reproductive health and self-determination prevails. of woman’s fertility.
Abinader favored over the weekend the three causes that would allow the termination of the pregnancy, which opened up a great debate about abortion.