Once again, the Dominican Republic is debating the issue of abortion and its decriminalization in all three cases. This issue has divided several sectors between the so-called “pro-life” and “pro-choice”, and the figures of art and entertainment are not indifferent to the debate.
Eddy Herrera, Juliana O’Neal, Betty Gerónimo, among others, are the ones who declared that they are totally against abortion. While Héctor Acosta, Hony Estrella, Judith Rodríguez, Gabi Desangles and others are in favor of approving the decriminalization of abortion in its three cases.
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Singer and Santo Domingo Este MP Juliana O’Neal spoke out against abortion in her three cases.
“I am totally against abortion,” Merenguera told Telemicro cameras during the closing ceremony of the first “Professor Juan Bosch” congress organized by the Fuerza del Pueblo party this Sunday at the Palacio de los Deportes.
Likewise, her colleague, MP and former dancer Betty Gerónimo, reaffirmed that she is in favor of the right to life, because it is “the only constitutional right”.
The deputy of the Modern Revolutionary Party for Santo Domingo Norte stated that the right to life cannot be taken from a child, only because it causes defects or because it was the product of an infringement.
“An abortion does not remind her that she has been raped, meaning that the post-abortion trauma is more serious,” Gerónimo said.
Betty used her two children as an example. He revealed that the former came with hydrocephalus, while the latter had heart problems, but today he has “the greatest blessing of his life.”
Likewise, the singer Eddy Herrera opposes the approval of the three causes of abortion and, as an example, he cited the intentions he had at the age of 22 for his then-partner to abort his first daughter, which did not happen.
“El Galán del Merengue” said that this is a complex, delicate issue, but aborting a child is a terrible thing.
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On the other hand, the singer and senator Héctor Acosta “El Torito” established his position in this regard and stated that he is in favor of the three causes.
“I support the 3 causes and the period. This country must eliminate everything as a theory and focus on action. Churches that focus on bringing the word of God to the temples and not encouraging violence by calling for marches. #remos “, he wrote on his Twitter account.
Although later the legislator apologized to the churches for the comment.
“This time I think the maneuver I had yesterday was not the most correct. You know that sometimes we human beings go through situations that only one understands individually and sometimes there are moments of conflicting emotions, “he said.
In turn, actresses Hony Estrella and Judith Rodríguez were part of the concert called “Las causales van”, where they participated to support this theme.
“My life will not be decided by anyone, much less by a group of warm and cowardly people that changes his speech in favor of the wind, “said Hony.
“For justice, for justice, for them, for us, for all, with brotherhood #lascausalesvan “, said Rodríguez.
Communicator Gabi Desangles was also in favor of abortion in her three cases: “For three reasons, I understand that I, as a woman, must have a right to my body because this body is mine and exactly when I decide whether to go out on the street, to work … I have to have the right to basic things about my body “, said Desangles.
The three causes that seek to be approved in the Criminal Code are: when the pregnancy is the product of rape or incest, when the fetus has deformities that make it unviable outside the womb and when the mother’s life is in danger, these are the three exceptional reasons by which social organizations demand the termination of pregnancy in the country.