Madrid, Spain, Mar 17, 2009 / 20:49 pm
Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Tarazona in Spain said this week a new law on abortion being debated in the national Congress “is a disastrous and incredible step that lacks protection for the unborn” and is based on a misunderstood concept of freedom that says a mother can kill her innocent child.
In a recent letter, the bishop raised his voice “to denounce this violent and silent massacre that will affect thousands of millions of persons,” and to say that even though the law seeks to convert it into a right, “abortion continues to be a crime and can never be a right for anyone.”
“And we have such a great need for numerous new citizens born from the heart of our homeland!” he said of the plummeting birth rate in Spain.
Bishop Fernandez recalled that it is the duty of the State to protect the lives of the unborn and that “to open a path to these killings is to move towards totalitarianism, whose devastating consequences are unpredictable.”