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Urge Uruguay's President to Approve Abortion Bill
Target: President Tabaré Vázquez of UruguaySponsored by: Care2
Uruguay's Senate recently voted to allow abortion during the first trimester. However, President Tabaré Vázquez announced his plans to veto the measure, arguing that he does not agree with the measure "neither philosophically nor biologically."
Despite its current illegal status, an estimated 33,000 abortions are performed annually, with compliant doctors risking imprisonment. Keeping abortion illegal does not stop women from getting them, but keeping the procedure in the shadows makes women vulnerable to unsafe conditions and puts their health at risk.
The President needs to go beyond his moral objection to consider the health and safety of Uruguyan women. Urge President Vázquez to approve the measure to legalize abortion during the first trimester in Uruguay.
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Dagmar Myslinska, New Jersey
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Mafalda Chandler, Texas
Outlawing abortion only turns the cause into a social-economic issue rather than a moral one. Rich girls will go abroad and poor girls will risk their lives to abort at some perhaps unscrupulous, but definitely unmonitored shady clinic or midwife that will take the money and pay no taxes. I am against abortion but I think it should be legal. God created us free to chose, and Jesus taught us how it's not our place to judge. The real solution is to educate couples about prevention, and responsibility, and may God help us all!
Outlawing abortion only turns the cause into a social-economic issue rather than a moral one. Rich girls will go abroad and poor girls will risk their lives to abort at some perhaps unscrupulous, but definitely unmonitored shady clinic or midwife that will take the money and pay no taxes. I am against abortion but I think it should be legal. God created us free to chose, and Jesus taught us how it's not our place to judge. The real solution is to educate couples about prevention, and responsibility, and may God help us all!
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Darlene Matthews, California
people have the right to choose to use modern medicines fertility or abortion. never as first choice , BUT the consequences of back street abortions fro teh ppoor WHILE the rich will get dnc 's is MOST UNFAIR FOR THE UNWANTED CHILDREN..., I KNOW! LET THOSE SOULS GO TO WANTED BABIES. THAT'S WHAT A LOVING GOD WOULD SAY.
people have the right to choose to use modern medicines fertility or abortion. never as first choice , BUT the consequences of back street abortions fro teh ppoor WHILE the rich will get dnc 's is MOST UNFAIR FOR THE UNWANTED CHILDREN..., I KNOW! LET THOSE SOULS GO TO WANTED BABIES. THAT'S WHAT A LOVING GOD WOULD SAY.
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Dear President Vázquez: I ask you to reconsider your plan to veto the act to legalize abortion in the first trimester. Although abortion is currently illegal in Uruguay and compliant doctors can be imprisoned, an estimated 33,000 abortions are performed annually in your country. Keeping abortion illegal does not prevent it from happening. However, its clandestine state heightens the health risks of women, possibly endangering their lives. It is understandable to feel that the legalization of abortion could be interpreted by some as approval of the act when in fact you have stated your opposition to it on moral grounds. However, I ask that you go beyond your moral objection to consider the health and safety of Uruguyan women. Please approve the measure to legalize abortion in the first trimester, for the protection of the women of Uru
Dear President Vázquez: I ask you to reconsider your plan to veto the act to legalize abortion in the first trimester. Although abortion is currently illegal in Uruguay and compliant doctors can be imprisoned, an estimated 33,000 abortions are performed annually in your country. Keeping abortion illegal does not prevent it from happening. However, its clandestine state heightens the health risks of women, possibly endangering their lives. It is understandable to feel that the legalization of abortion could be interpreted by some as approval of the act when in fact you have stated your opposition to it on moral grounds. However, I ask that you go beyond your moral objection to consider the health and safety of Uruguyan women. Please approve the measure to legalize abortion in the first trimester, for the protection of the women of Uru
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