{"id":305437,"date":"2024-01-19T16:26:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T22:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=305437"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:57:26","slug":"javier-milei-president-argentina-abortion-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/javier-milei-president-argentina-abortion-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina&#8217;s President Javier Milei slams abortion as a &#8216;tragedy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, recently spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he slammed abortion and reaffirmed his commitment to protecting life.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024\/sessions\/special-address-by-javier-milei-president-of-argentina\/\">speech<\/a>, Milei condemned those who claim that &#8220;we human beings damage the planet, which should be protected at all costs, even going as far as advocating for population control mechanisms or the tragedy of abortion.&#8221; He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/argentina-president-denounces-abortion-at-world-economic-forum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">further noted<\/a> that these ideas have gained popularity in numerous spheres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, these harmful ideas have taken a stronghold in our society,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Neo-Marxists have managed to co-opt the common sense of the Western world, and this they have achieved by appropriating the media, culture, universities and also international organizations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/argentina-national-academy-medicine-decries-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Argentina\u2019s National Academy of Medicine: Legalization of abortion signals \u2018the decline of the country\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milei&#8217;s speech was praised by Elon Musk on X (formerly known as Twitter). He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1747865288429682866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> video of the speech, and noted it was a &#8220;[g]ood explanation of what makes countries more or less prosperous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good explanation of what makes countries more or less prosperous <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D254kMpgDh\">pic.twitter.com\/D254kMpgDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1747865288429682866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milei was elected <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/argentina-pro-life-president-abortion-referendum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last November<\/a>\u00a0and openly ran on a platform of protecting life. In an interview before his election, he spoke with Tucker Carlson about how his position as a libertarian was not in conflict with the pro-life movement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a libertarian, we believe that liberalism entails the unrestricted respect for the lives of others, rooted in a principle of non-aggression, and the defense of life, liberty, and property. And if we cleave these ideas of liberty, one of the most fundamental aspects is to defend the right to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;It&#8217;s the fact that life begins at conception. It&#8217;s at that very instant that a new being begins to evolve with its own unique DNA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abortion was legalized in Argentina in 2020 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/12\/30\/argentine-senate-approves-bill-to-legalise-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentinian congress<\/a>, with Milei&#8217;s predecessor, Alberto Fernandez, further overseeing legislation that legalized abortion. Currently, abortion is legal through 14 weeks of pregnancy for any reason, and after 14 weeks in cases of rape or risk to the mother\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/tell-congress-stop-the-doj-from-targeting-pro-life-americans\/?utm_campaign=doj_petition&amp;utm_medium=lan_website\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail this Christmas for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, recently spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he slammed abortion and reaffirmed his commitment to protecting life. 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