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NEWS & LETTERS, December 2002
Abortion in Peru
The following "proclamation" is being circulated
by women's organizations in Peru--including women "artists, athletes,
coalitions and soup kitchens"--who hope to win the right to legal abortion.
CONTRACEPTION IN ORDER NOT TO ABORT; LEGAL ABORTION IN
ORDER NOT TO DIE. To penalize abortion constitutes violence and
discrimination against women. Penalizing abortion does not eliminate nor
diminish its practice; rather, it obliges women to endanger their lives, health,
and well-being of their families. Underground and illegal abortions affect all
women, especially the poorest, who put their health and life itself at risk.
Legalization of abortion prevents deaths and eliminates the risks of underground
abortions. Together with access to contraception, it protects the right to
decide with dignity when and under what conditions to bring children into the
world. In order for democracy to be consolidated in society, it is
essential that the state guarantee the exercise of human rights for men and
women of all classes, races, ethnic groups and cultures having different
religions. We demand respect for women's intellectual, emotional and ethical
capabilities to decide autonomously and responsibly about their bodies and their
lives. We are subjects with rights and not only reproductive vessels. We demand that the Peruvian state carry out its national and international commitments to promote and protect the human rights of ALL persons. We will not permit retrogression or limitation on our human rights in the current process of constitutional reform. |
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