Quote of the Day 7-9-10
A law liberalizing Spain’s abortion restrictions took effect [July 5]… but remains under review in the country’s Constitutional Court….
The new law… allows abortion up to 14 weeks. It also gives 16 and 17-year-olds the right to have an abortion without parental consent…. [T]he Popular Party claims that allowing abortion to 14 weeks contradicts a 1985 Constitutional Court ruling that said a woman’s right to abortion takes precedence over the rights of an unborn child only in cases of rape, fetal malformation, or when the health of the mother is at risk.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero stated Monday that he was confident the court would find the law constitutional….
Reforming abortion law is part of a larger social change program undertaken by Zapatero. His Socialist government has already removed religion from the public education curriculum, reformed divorce laws, and legalized gay marriage since assuming power in 2004….
~ Ms. Magazine, July 6
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Many people say the U.S. is becoming a European country under Pres. Obama. It’s hard to argue otherwise.
This Zapatero character is a real creep.
Janet, I agree.
Jasper,
I don’t know much about him, but I’m praying for him.