Upon knowing the number of abortions practiced in a hospital in Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) since the entry into force of the law, the local bishop, Mons. Nicolás Baisi, expressed with pain: “530 children are missing in Iguazú.”
On September 28, the portal The voice of cataracts He announced that, since the entry into force in Argentina of Law No. 27,610 of “Access to Voluntary Pregnancy Interruption (IVE)”, on January 24, 2021, 530 abortions were performed at the Samic Hospital in Puerto Iguazú.
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Approved on December 30, 2020, the Ley 27.610 It allows abortion until 14 weeks of gestation, and in causes such as violation or health risk are eliminated to request it, also establishing comprehensive and free coverage by the health system.
Since then, at the Puerto Iguazú hospital – city of the province of Misiones with about 100,000 inhabitants – 530 abortions were already held.
Upon knowing this figure, the bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Mons. Nicolás Baisi, said: “Today I read that since January 2021, 530 interruptions of human lives were made in Puerto Iguazú.”
“530 children are missing in Puerto Iguazú, 530 children who will not see the light, 530 children who will not play in our neighborhoods, 530 children who will not cheer their parents and grandparents, 530 children who will not be able to live and 530 mothers and fathers who one day will realize what they did and will carry in their hearts a deep and inexpressible pain,” he said, according to the portal, according to the portal The territory.
“The shadows of death extend over Puerto Iguazú,” the prelate reflected and called the community to think: “What happens to us as a society? What happens to us that we forget to defend the most helpless? Who convinced us that eliminating another human being is fine? Who convinced us that nothing happens if we kill our brother?”
“Our beloved hospital, where so many strive every day to cure sick and save lives, has become a death center, in the most dangerous place in Puerto Iguazú,” he denounced.
“Only with deep pain we can read this news. In one way or another, we are all responsible, especially those who know ourselves loved by God, who died unfairly in a cross, light and comfort for all those who suffer injustices,” said Mons. Baisi, yearning that “this news wakes us up and we can listen to the voice of God that cries out in defense of the weakest, those who do not even see, those who do not even see.
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.