{"id":93727,"date":"2016-05-02T17:28:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=93727"},"modified":"2016-05-02T17:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:28:57","slug":"health-minister-of-trinidad-and-tobago-defends-pro-life-laws-following-zika-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/health-minister-of-trinidad-and-tobago-defends-pro-life-laws-following-zika-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister of Trinidad and Tobago defends pro-life laws following Zika outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Recent outbreaks of the Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly in infants,\u00a0have served as arguing points for abortion advocates in several nations around the world. As Live Action News&#8217; Cassy Fiano\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/at-least-two-american-women-aborted-after-zika-virus-infections\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As soon as the Zika virus hit the news, abortion advocates rushed in to exploit the crisis&#8230;The virus causes only mild symptoms in most people, but in pregnant women, it might cause birth defects. It\u2019s believed to cause microcephaly in preborn babies whose mothers have the virus, thus the \u201cneed\u201d for abortion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the first confirmed case of Zika in a pregnant woman in Trinidad and Tobago, the Family Planning Association, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, issued a statement calling on government officials to liberalize abortion laws&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There is no (more) pressing time than now for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to revisit its position on abortion to ensure access to safe abortion services for women who have Zika infection and might wish to have an abortion because of fear of microcephaly. There is need for an urgent response at the service provision, research, and policy levels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/AbortionProcedures.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg\" alt=\"levatino-ad-LAN\" width=\"306\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the island nation&#8217;s\u00a0Minister of Health, Terrance Deyalsingh, took the opportunity to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrighttolifenews.org\/news\/2016\/05\/trinidad-and-tobago-health-minister-defends-pro-life-laws-in-face-of-zika\/#.VyenU0k5DIU\">defend<\/a> current pro-life laws, arguing that the majority of citizens support pro-life legislation, and promising that as a government official he will do his sworn duty to uphold the law:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We feel that at this point in time, the existing laws reflect accurately the majority view of Trinidad and Tobago, notwithstanding anyone\u2019s personal view or other associations which may have a different view. We feel that these laws are adequate to deal with the issue of abortion and reflect the vast majority view including&#8230; the silent majority who will not speak on the issue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent outbreaks of the Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly in infants,\u00a0have served as arguing points for abortion advocates in several nations around the world. As Live Action News&#8217; Cassy Fiano\u00a0reported: As soon as the Zika virus hit the news, abortion advocates rushed in to exploit the crisis&#8230;The virus causes only mild symptoms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":93734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[496,3467,8635,8634,7469],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Health Minister of Trinidad and Tobago defends pro-life laws following Zika outbreak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After finding Zika in a pregnant woman in Trinidad &amp; Tobago, the FPA, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, called for liberalized abortion laws.\" \/>\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\/health-minister-of-trinidad-and-tobago-defends-pro-life-laws-following-zika-outbreak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health Minister of Trinidad and Tobago defends pro-life laws following Zika outbreak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After finding Zika in a pregnant woman in Trinidad &amp; 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