Month: March 2012

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – the highest Argentine Court of Justice said Tuesday that the interruption of a pregnancy caused by a violation is not punishable, indicating that the judges can not hamper its practice nor the doctors attending him to be exposed to penalties. The Supreme Court referred to a case in which abortion was already practiced, but indicated that his ruling was necessary to establish a guide for the solution of future incidents where victims of a violation should face a many times delayed judicial process authorize the interventions. The ruling clarified a 1922 law, interpreted by judges as enabling abortions only to cases of pregnancies by rape on women with mental health problems. To do so, the Court said that “he played the criminal code saying that the interruption of the pregnancy from any kind of violation is not punishable and that any case of non punishable abortion is not subject to a judicial process”, according to a release from the body. Abortion is illegal in the majority of Latin American countries, where lives about half of Catholics in the world, although many allow the procedure in cases of rape. In Cuba and Guyana abortion is only legal. In its ruling, the Supreme Court also called on authorities to implement hospital protocols to remove all barriers to access to medical services addressing non punishable abortion. Decision has...

Washington, 13 mar (EFE).-the Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania (EE.)(UU.) They called for a day of fasting and prayer on March 30 in protest at a law promoted by President Barack Obama, that oblige employers to offer contraception to their workers. In a letter disclosed today, the Bishops considered that this rule constitutes a “serious and unprecedented violation” against religious freedom. “Cannot stand idly”, bishops, calling all Catholics to dedicate a day of “fasting and prayer” next “preservation of religious freedom” March 30. The original rule, announced by the Government in January and it sparked criticism of the Catholic Church and the Republicans, it was intended to compel the institutions of confession to offer contraception to their employees. After the generated controversy, Obama announced that Catholic institutions can claim religious objections to not provide contraceptives. In this case, the obligation to offer contraceptives will rely on insurance companies. The parishes shall be exempt and the other Catholic schools and hospitals entities will have a transitional period until August 2013 to implement the measure, included in healthcare reform enacted in 2010. Catholics represent a quarter (77 million) of the total population of United States....