Brazilian Abortion Battles

 Red Sky in the Morning, Sailors Take Warning…

     As a member of the Sao Paulo State Right to Life Committee, I participated in the group meeting of Wednesday, April 25^th, 2007. Some of those present confirmed to the rest that the abortion project in Brazil is really part of an international plot financed by foreign capital. The legislative processes and plans have been uniform in all of the Latin American nations. First, the law is introduced to allow abortion to the full nine months. If it does not pass, then a plebiscite is called. With this cover up, a Constitutional Assembly is convoked and changes are made in the framework to grant wide powers to the government in question.

     Hugo Chavez utilized this expert method to consolidate his power and establish a dictatorship in Venezuela.  It is the same process that the president of Ecuador used. He has had his difficulties though. The opposition would not allow him to call for a constitutional assembly nor change the document. He reacted by having the Court of Ecuador destitute his opponents of their political authority and expel them from the country. They are now in Colombia attempting to defend democracy in Ecuador from there. Honduras, a country without abortion is suffering great pressure from foreign industries to legalize the crime. Mexico, last week, sold its soul and passed the abortion law.

    At our meeting, it was decided that we would have a national March for Life in Brasilia, the Brazilian capitol on July 4^th, 2007. We will gather half a million signatures against abortion and present them publicly to President Lula. In the meantime, we are establishing municipal RTL groups all over the State of Sao Paulo, in order to gain grassroots strength. An anonymous sympathizer and donor gave us 2,000 dollars and we used it to make posters to put in public places, advising everyone of the National Event in Brasilia. At the meeting was present the Spanish priest, Father Beraldo. He has fought against abortion for a long time in Brazil on a national level. He has shown over 7,000 slide shows and DVDs on abortion to people and groups everywhere. He has also been on nationwide TV talk shows and programs. A second priest who is an ardent pro-lifer is Father Lodi. He keeps after the legislators and always vigilant as to what they are up to in Congress in regards to human life. He denounces the pro-death politicians and writes hundreds of e-mails all over Brazil against abortion.

   The moral war continues, but we are confident that as long as we keep the sparks and embers alive in the nation, the victory will be ours. Brazil will not follow the cowardly path that Mexico took.

Father Anthony Mellace