Mar 27, 2008 / 11:01 am
Although it was not an official holiday, thousands of people in Peru, Argentina and Ecuador celebrated the Day of the Unborn Child on March 25.
Perú
In Lima more than two thousand people marched to the Ministry of Health building, where health officials had placed a huge sign that read, “Life is First.”
Pro-life leaders presented more than 38,000 signatures in support of law 27654, which recognizes the humanity of the unborn. The vice minister of health, Meliton Arce, accepted the signatures and publicly pledged in the name of the Ministry to respect the law, which is protected by the Constitution and by other Peruvian laws, and to refrain from issuing any norm that would affect the right to life.
In the city of Piura some two thousand young people marched through the streets led by Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren. Before the march, the archbishop celebrated a special Mass in which he blessed dozens of pregnant women.