favorite presidential candidate in Brazil is declared "personally against" abortion
Matthew Cullinan Hoffman correspondent Latin America
BRASILIA, Brazil, September 29, 2010 ( LifeSiteNews.com) - In an apparent effort to counter a massive pro-life campaign online against your party, the Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff as favorite polls, told local media that she is Catholic and was "personally against abortion."
"In my view, I am pro-life assessment," said Rousseff. "And I'm personally against abortion, which is violence against women."
Rousseff was speaking after a meeting with religious leaders and politicians, which was organized in apparent response to the spread of numerous texts and videos on the Internet that criticized her and the Socialist Party Workers for their support of abortion.
"I told the pastors, from the point of view of the presidency, some women may resort to abortion and have to be addressed as "Rousseff said, referring to the Brazilian policy of giving medical assistance to women who have abortions, despite its illegality. "We respect and value life," she said.
Asked if his position was in conflict with the pro-abortion stance of the Workers Party, of which she is a member, Rousseff said that "the government [of the Workers' Party] has always had a position. ; Now, we are a democratic party. "
But also Rousseff repeated the public position of the Workers Party on abortion, calling it a matter of "public health", a term generally used by international organizations abortionists. She also said it opposed a referendum on the subject, a strongly pro-life Brazil almost certainly lead to a rejection of abortion.
pro-life activist Julius Severus, who has strongly opposed the reelection of the Workers Party, told LifeSiteNews that the words of Rousseff indicate their "lack of ideological clarity and honesty."
added that "she says she is personally against abortion, and then emphasizes that "defends the treatment of abortion as a public health issue '."
"As Dilma, [Brazilian President Luiz] Lula also said to be a Catholic, said he was personally against abortion and defended the treatment of abortion as a public health issue," said Severo. "In 2002, the candidate Lula also signed an agreement not to allow his future government would promote abortion and homosexuality. But after his election, his government promoted abortion, nationally and internationally, as we fear, in the best case scenario, Lula he had a sort of attack of amnesia. "
Dilma Rousseff is largely viewed as the handpicked successor of President Luiz Lula da Silva, who despite his pro-abortion is leaving office with an approval rating of 80%.
abortion is illegal in Brazil and is punishable by criminal penalties in all cases except when a violation. Opinion polls indicate that over two thirds of Brazilians oppose further decriminalization of abortion.
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