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Chilean Study Proves Abortion Not the Answer to Maternal Mortality

Posted on 11/05/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Health | Latin America |

A scientific analysis of 50 years of data on maternal mortality in Chile has found that the most important factor in reducing maternal mortality is the educational level of women. “Educating

Mexican Nonuplet Pregnancy Highlights IVF Danger

Posted on 08/05/2012 to
International News - Health | IVF | Latin America | Pregnancy |

A Mexican woman is pregnant with nine babies—six girls and three boys—as a result of in vitro fertilisation. The woman was identified as Karla Vanessa Perez of the northeastern

Brazilian Court Approves Abortion for Disability

Posted on 03/05/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Latin America |

The Supreme Federal Tribunal of Brazil has ruled that the abortion of unborn babies diagnosed with anencephaly is legal, drawing statements of condemnation from Brazil’s Catholic bishops and

Premature Baby Survives 12 Hours in Mortuary

Posted on 11/04/2012 to
International News - Health | Latin America | Pregnancy |

A woman in Argentina who insisted on seeing what she expected would be the lifeless body of her premature baby found the infant alive in the drawer of a hospital mortuary. Authorities say the baby

Under Attack: Show Your Support for Pro-Life Chile

Posted on 29/03/2012 to
International News - Latin America | Pro-Life |

President Piniera of Chile is coming under pressure from international abortionists. His recent

Drug Company Fined for Using Babies as Guinea Pigs

Posted on 13/01/2012 to
International News - Bioethics | Health | Latin America |

GlaxoSmithKline, Britain’s biggest drug firm, has been fined by an Argentine court over clinical trials of a pneumonia vaccine which was tested on thousands of babies from poor families. The

Uruguay Senate Votes to Decriminalise Abortion

Posted on 04/01/2012 to
International News - Abortion | Latin America |

The Uruguayan Senate has passed legislation to decriminalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. A similar move in 2008 was vetoed by President Tabare Vasquez, but current President Jose M

Sterilisation Victims Demand Justice in America, North and South

Posted on 14/12/2011 to
International News - Eugenics | Latin America | Politics | Sterilisation | United Nations | United States |

The US state of North Carolina officially apologised in 2002 to the thousands of people sterilised under the state’s eugenics programme. Now a task force appointed by Governor Bev Perdue is w

UN Committee Seeks to Bully Peru Over Abortion

Posted on 13/11/2011 to
International News - Abortion | Latin America | United Nations |

Last week a UN committee told the government of Peru it must liberalise its country’s abortion laws and compensate a teenage girl who was denied an abortion in 2009. The official decision has

Pro-Abortion Health Official Causes Controversy in Peru

Posted on 20/09/2011 to
International News - Abortion | Latin America |

Pro-life activists held a protest last week outside the offices of Peru’s Ministry of Health to demand the resignation of Susana Chavez, a strong abortion supporter, who was recently appointe