By a vote of 59-27, the Chilean House of Representatives has approved a
law establishing March 25 as the Day of the Unborn Child and of
Adoption.
Although the proposal was granted initial approval on May 14, the
congressional Human Rights committee then introduced a modification to
instead call it the “Day for Pregnant Women and Adoption.”
The request
was declared inadmissible by the president of the House of
Representatives.
Senator Jaime Orpis of the Independent Democratic Union party sponsored
the measure to set aside March 25 as the day to honor the unborn and
adoption in Chile. Orpis said the idea was to protect human life from
the moment of conception.
Representative Jorge Sabag of the Christian Democratic Party said the
law “is nothing more than the consequence of article 19 of the
Constitution of the Republic, which guarantees the right to life for all
persons and that the law shall protect the life of the unborn.”
The law points to other countries that also remember the unborn on March
25 in order to highlight the value of life, to condemn attacks against
defenseless human beings and to promote the reversal of laws that
enshrine abortion.
“To protect the life of the unborn is to recognize the right to life of
every human being, even against the will of their own progenitors. n
this way, no one can dispose of the life of another,” the law states.