Christian leaders urged that Sweden not be turned into an "abortion paradise," after a government proposal to allow women from abroad to come here to undergo late-term procedures.Last Sunday, Catholic Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm (pic'd alongside) and the leader of the Pentecostal church, Sten-Gunnar Hedin, wrote an article in Sweden's largest daily paper decrying the move.
Göran Hägglund, of the Christian Democratic Party, has backed the proposal to open Swedish health-care facilities to women from countries where abortion restrictions are tighter.
"We see ourselves obliged to recommend our Christian voters not to vote for the Alliance in the next elections in 2010," the bishop and Pentecostal leader wrote. "As Christians it is our duty to defend the inviolability of human life."
The Christian leaders continued: "As Christians we are deeply worried that the Swedish government is preparing a new bill in which foreign women are given the possibility to come here and have late abortions done. "
As Christians we want to appeal to the Minister of Health and Social Affairs not to make Sweden an abortion paradise. … We ask instead to have a policy asking our rich country, Sweden, to do more for the women who need help to bear their children, both in our own country and abroad."
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