House Speaker Rafael “Tatito” Hernández finds it difficult to pass a bill to regulate abortion in Puerto Rico and says the discussion “has already been outdated.”
“I see it as very difficult. This issue has been overcome and the woman’s privacy must be respected. If the project is successful, it will be carried out, but I see it as difficult to approve,” the newly released chamber president said in an interview. WIAC radio.
Hernández’s remarks come after Dignity Project spokeswoman Joanne Rodríguez Veve voted for the popular José Luis Dalmau’s presidency in the Senate and said she had promised to consider a draft abortion regulation.
In a post on his Facebook page, Rodríguez Veve listed the reasons why he voted in favor of the Democratic People’s Party (PPD) senator, which included: “Leave room for measures to regulate abortion and protect the lives of both children from the womb, as well as from pregnant mothers ”.
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In an interview with Julio Rivera Saniel on Radio Isla 1320, Senator Proyecto Dignidad spoke about her conversation with the current president of the Senate and indicated that: “I asked him if he would be willing to promote legislation to protect the baby in the womb. mother and regulates abortion. The senator answered yes. I informed him that his answer was definitive to give him the vote “.
“I asked him if he would be willing to promote legislation to protect the baby in the mother’s womb and regulate abortion. The senator answered yes. I informed him that his answer was definitive to give him the vote “, he says @rodriguez_veve into the @radioislatv
– Julio Rivera-Saniel (@riverasaniel) January 12, 2021
For his part, the spokesman for the new progressive party (PNP), Carmelo Ríos, also does not believe that there is a way to review the issue of abortion in Puerto Rico.
“I am one of those who believe in Roe v. Wade because it leaves the woman the decision about her body. I think there will be no way to review this issue. I do not see how the measure can be approved in the Senate. I am against it.” , he said in an interview with WIAC.
“I am one of those who believe in Roe v. Wade because it leaves the woman the decision about her body. I think there will be no way to review this issue. I do not see how the measure can be approved in the Senate. I am against it.” , he says @Carmelorios into the # WIAC740
– J. Lebrón Ayala (@SrLebron) January 12, 2021