The Bishop of the Diocese of Baní, mMr. Victor Masalles, reacted to the position of President Luis Abinader, who said he agreed with abortion in its three causes during an interview with the director of the newspaper El País a América, Jan Martínez Ahrensel.
On his Twitter account, the bishop posted a message in which he says that the position of the president has caused great grief at the time of the birth of the infant Jesus.
“In the world of faith it has caused great sorrow that, just in the days of the Birth of our Savior, a president expresses support for situations in which unborn are eliminated, knowing all that the causes are the antechamber to abortion free “.
During the interview, the head of state expressed his disagreement with free abortion, but if in its three causes, in case of incest or rape, risk of the mother’s life or the fetus has a malformation incompatible with life.
“I disagree, as is the majority of the population, not only in the Dominican Republic but in the world, with free abortion, but I do think that there must be causes that allow the interruption of the pregnancy. This has been the official position of our party, “the president said.