http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/06/international-groups-pressure-dominican-government-to-remove-pro-life-constitutional-provisions-as-final-vote-approaches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/06/international-groups-pressure-dominican-government-to-remove-pro-life-constitutional-provisions-as-final-vote-approaches/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:41:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32301 LifeSiteNews: "As the Dominican Republic's National Congress approaches the final vote on the right to life in its constitution, a pro-abortion legislator is claiming he has the votes to inject rape and incest exceptions for abortion into the country's new charter document." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/06/international-groups-pressure-dominican-government-to-remove-pro-life-constitutional-provisions-as-final-vote-approaches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/18/the-globalization-of-sex/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/18/the-globalization-of-sex/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:29:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27601 CBC News: "The Dominicans in Buenos Aires's Prostitute Plaza are just one example of a global sex trade that has only grown bigger and more complex over the last 20 years, says Canadian sociologist Richard Poulin, from the University of Ottawa. As borders have come down, human traffickers have expanded their networks. Poulin estimates that between one and four million women and children are transported every year in these networks, most of them for the sex industry." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/18/the-globalization-of-sex/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/12/dominican-lawmakers-reject-legalization-of-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/12/dominican-lawmakers-reject-legalization-of-same-sex-marriage/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:14:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27001 Catholic News Agency: A commission charged with revising the Dominican Republic’s constitution has rejected the legalization of same-sex “marriages” and affirmed that the family based on a union between one man and one woman is the foundation of society. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/12/dominican-lawmakers-reject-legalization-of-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/amnesty-international-continues-attacks-on-dominican-republic-over-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/amnesty-international-continues-attacks-on-dominican-republic-over-abortion/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:29:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26594 LifeNews: "Amnesty International, the human rights group that disappointed supporters when it adopted a pro-abortion, is continuing its attacks on the Dominican Republic. The group is attacking the Caribbean nation for its proposed protections for unborn children in its draft constitution and in the country's penal law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/amnesty-international-continues-attacks-on-dominican-republic-over-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/22/population-lobby-targets-dominican-republic-pro-life-reforms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/22/population-lobby-targets-dominican-republic-pro-life-reforms/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 15:42:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=24846 C-FAM reports: "The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), backed by European nations, major foundations and the UN Population Fund, has launched an aggressive campaign to thwart proposed Article 30, which would protect human life “from conception.” The country’s national assembly approved the amendment in a first reading by an overwhelming majority of 167-32 on April 21st, but it must go through a second reading before final promulgation by the President." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/22/population-lobby-targets-dominican-republic-pro-life-reforms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/unicef-calls-for-legal-abortion-in-dominican-republic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/unicef-calls-for-legal-abortion-in-dominican-republic/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:03:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22152 C-FAMM: "While Dominican lawmakers were debating the merits of such a provision and the nation’s penal prohibition of abortion, Nils Kastberg, UNICEF’s regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, interjected himself, calling on Dominican legislators to consider liberalizing abortion so women would not be forced into 'unsafe procedures.' He also suggested they would be 'hypocrites' unconcerned with the nation’s higher than average teen birth rate. Kastberg made his unusual statements while visiting the capital of Santo Domingo at the end of March." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/unicef-calls-for-legal-abortion-in-dominican-republic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/22/abortion-permanently-a-crime-in-the-dominican-republic-pro-life-victory-comes-with-a-vote-of-167-to-32/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/22/abortion-permanently-a-crime-in-the-dominican-republic-pro-life-victory-comes-with-a-vote-of-167-to-32/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:12:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22031 Christian Newswire: "In response to recent efforts by international pro-abortion groups seeking to decriminalize abortion in the Dominican Republic, legislators permanently enshrined the right to life for pre-born humans by rewriting the Constitution of the Dominican Republic with the words 'the right to life is inviolable from conception until death.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/22/abortion-permanently-a-crime-in-the-dominican-republic-pro-life-victory-comes-with-a-vote-of-167-to-32/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/16/dominican-republic-gets-help-from-pro-life-advocates-to-keep-abortion-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/16/dominican-republic-gets-help-from-pro-life-advocates-to-keep-abortion-ban/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:46:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=12735 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/16/dominican-republic-gets-help-from-pro-life-advocates-to-keep-abortion-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/24/dominican-republic-high-court-upholds-countrys-concordat-with-vatican/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/24/dominican-republic-high-court-upholds-countrys-concordat-with-vatican/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:24:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=8789 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/24/dominican-republic-high-court-upholds-countrys-concordat-with-vatican/feed/ 0