Chile’s president cares for pets and pushes for abortion

Chile’s president cares for pets and pushes for abortion

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

Chile’s president Michelle Bachelet has announced her decision to push for legalised abortion, while at the same time calling for better care of pets.

Ms Bachelet called for more “care, control and wellbeing” for pets.

“With all due respect for pets, I think the person and human life are worth much more than that,” Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago told local media.

Former president Sebastian Pinera said via Twitter that he agreed with Cardinal Ezzati and regretted that the Bachelet administration “seems more concerned about the wellbeing of pets than about the lives and dignity of unborn children”.

Currently, Chile has some of the world’s most pro-life laws.

Abortion has been illegal in the country since 1989, making it one of the few countries in the world where the practice is completely outlawed.

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