{"id":16349,"date":"2012-05-12T03:43:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T07:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=16349"},"modified":"2013-04-03T02:29:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T06:29:36","slug":"historic-global-pro-life-unity-summit-releases-lisbon-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/historic-global-pro-life-unity-summit-releases-lisbon-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Global Pro-Life Unity Summit releases Lisbon Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Leaders representing ten different nations gathered in Lisbon last weekend to support Portugal\u2019s pro-life personhood measures. Sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.personhoodusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PersonhoodUSA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LifeSiteNews.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hli.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Human Life International<\/a>, the Global Pro-Life Unity Summit encouraged the worldwide pro-life movement and lent international support to Portugal\u2019s referendum which would guarantee \u201cthe inviolability of human life from conception to natural death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s press conference spotlighted the Portuguese <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daconcepcaoamortenatural.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Referendo Vida<\/a><\/em> campaign and made national TV, <a href=\"http:\/\/rr.sapo.pt\/informacao_detalhe.aspx?fid=31&amp;did=61059\">radio<\/a>, and print news. In\u00eas Faria de Castro explained to reporters that &#8220;[l]ife is beautiful. Women deserve better than abortion because abortion hurts women. Motherhood is the greatest gift to the world. It is my greatest joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LifeSiteNews.com editor John-Henry Westen added, &#8220;Since my youth I\u2019ve loved Our Lady of Fatima. Her promise was that Portugal would keep the dogma of the Catholic faith and the world would look to Portugal. Legalizing abortion was a huge disappointment, I think the whole world is waiting for a resurgence, especially from the Portuguese, to lead this path back to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Portugal celebrated Mother\u2019s Day, summit leaders representing thousands of pro-life individuals around the world through their organizations signed the following joint <strong>PRO-LIFE DECLARATION OF LISBON<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We, along with our organizations are committed to building and strengthening unity and collaboration among pro-life groups around the globe. We believe that in order to properly protect the right to life, every human being, without exception or compromise, at every stage of development must be recognized as a person possessing the right to life in our respective laws and constitutions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Portugal:<\/strong> Pro Referendo Vida \u2013 Rodrigo Faria de Castro, Luis Botelho, Carlos Fernandes<br \/>\nMissao Maos Erguidas \u2013 Paulo Freire Moreira<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ireland:<\/strong> Youth Defence \u2013 Dr. Eoghan de Faoite<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hungary:<\/strong> ALFA Association \u2013 Dr. Imre Teglasy, Dr. Judith F. Szigeti<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poland:<\/strong> Fundacja Pro Prawo do Zycia (Pro Foundation Right to Life) \u2013 Aleksandra Michalczyk, Mariusz Dzierzawski<\/li>\n<li><strong>Romania:<\/strong> Darul Vie\u0163ii (Gift of Life) Association \u2013 Dr. Daniela P\u0103un<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mexico:<\/strong> Red Familia \u2013 Mario Romo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colombia:<\/strong> Unidos por la Vida Colombia \u2013 Jos\u00e9 J. Maga\u00f1a<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dominican Republic:<\/strong> Pro-vida Republica Dominicana \u2013 Joseph Salvatore<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canada:<\/strong> Campaign Life Coalition, LifeSiteNews.com \u2013 John-Henry Westen<\/li>\n<li><strong>United States:<\/strong> Personhood USA \u2013 Keith Mason, Gualberto Garcia Jones, J.D.<br \/>\nHuman Life International \u2013 Stephen Phelan<br \/>\nWorld Development Coalition, United Nations \u2013 Josh Craddock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16350 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo-7-e1336803914614-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo-7-e1336803914614-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo-7-e1336803914614-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the Summit, Ireland\u2019s Youth Defence shared their cutting-edge pro-life strategies to educate the public on abortion. Representatives of pro-life organizations from the Dominican Republic, Ireland, and Hungary explained their successful campaigns to keep their nations safe for unborn children. Dr. Judith Szigeti told how Hungary\u2019s \u201ccelestial and terrestrial constitution\u201d inspired pro-life advocates to cheer the slogan: \u201cPeace in the womb! Amnesty for us &#8211; amnesty for our children before birth!\u201d About one million people rallied in support of the new Constitution, which entered into force on January 1 this year. Szigeti challenged Hungarian lawmakers to now put into practice what they have put into words by changing the penal code to criminalize abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The successful passage of 18 personhood amendments in Mexican states encouraged personhood advocates in the United States pursuing similar initiatives. PersonhoodUSA\u2019s Keith Mason called personhood a \u201crevival in the heart of pro-lifers in America. Nobody should be comfortable while abortion is happening. The grassroots are the ones who must exert pressure on the politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Daniela P\u0103un from the Darul Vie\u0163ii (\u201cthe Gift of Life\u201d) Association explained that pro-life advocates in Romania \u201cneed to understand ideology of eugenics and communist purges to defeat pro-choice agenda.\u201d Communists made abortion legal in 1958, and now Romania faces a demographic crisis, with about 480 abortions per 1,000 live births. Inspired by the presentations in Lisbon, Dr. P\u0103un exclaimed, \u201cIt\u2019s time to create peaceful social tension in Romania by going on the political offensive!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Pro Referendo Vida<\/em> petitioners in Portugal have already collected about half of the 75,000 signatures required to call for a pro-life referendum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making progress for the pro-life cause all around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":16351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Historic Global Pro-Life Unity Summit releases Lisbon Declaration - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/historic-global-pro-life-unity-summit-releases-lisbon-declaration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Historic Global Pro-Life Unity Summit releases Lisbon Declaration - 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