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Mexican Catholics protest plan to legalize abortion
Yahoo News ^ | April 22, 2007 | Jason Lange

Posted on 04/22/2007 7:23:45 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

Mexicans marched on Sunday against plans to legalize abortion in Mexico City, a move that has split opinion in the world's second-largest Roman Catholic country and drawn fire from the Pope.

The bells of Mexico City's vast cathedral welcomed some 1,000 Roman Catholics, including families dressed in white, who packed it for Mass after carrying anti-abortion placards and images of the revered Virgin of Guadalupe through the streets.

Mexico City's local legislature, controlled by the leftist opposition Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, is expected to approve a bill on Tuesday allowing abortions in the capital during the first three months of pregnancy.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; mexico; prolife
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21 posted on 04/23/2007 6:36:21 AM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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God bless them!


22 posted on 04/25/2007 12:29:10 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Pray for our President and for our heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world!)
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