Managua, Nicaragua, Jan 18, 2008 / 23:00 pm
Bishop Abelardo Mata of Esteli and president of the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights announced this week that his organization will continue to call for legal action against nine activists from the “Women’s Network Against Violence” over the case of Rosita, a girl raped by her stepfather and used by feminists to advance their agenda of legalizing abortion.
“Legal action is not an act of vengeance, but rather a desire to see justice be done,” Bishop Mata said.
In 2003, the Women’s Network Against Violence orchestrated an abortion for “Rosita,” who became pregnant at the age of 9 after she was raped by her stepfather, Francisco Fletes Sanchez, who accused a neighbor of committing the act.
Based on the testimony of Fletes, the feminist organization launched a campaign that included the publishing of a book and news reports broadcast in 2007 in the US and Latin America by a popular cable network.