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/2012/01/26/peru-revaluation-of-the-family-inspires-human-development/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/26/peru-revaluation-of-the-family-inspires-human-development/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:42:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124105 Acipresna.com: (translated to English from Spanish by Google): Reassess and highlight the values ​​of family inspires a genuine human development is one of the conclusions of the International Symposium entitled "Why go for the family ? " held on 18 January in the city of Chiclayo, a city in northern Peru . . . The symposium, organized by the Family Grows (CreceFam), was attended by Dr. Piero Tozzi, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund of the United States, which addressed the theme of "family status in the global context." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/26/peru-revaluation-of-the-family-inspires-human-development/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/peru-president-replaces-pro-abort-women%e2%80%99s-minister-with-pro-lifer-in-ongoing-shakeup/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/peru-president-replaces-pro-abort-women%e2%80%99s-minister-with-pro-lifer-in-ongoing-shakeup/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:34:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121493 LifeSiteNews.com: n a blow to her former leftist supporter base, Peruvian president Ollanta has appointed a pro-life woman to the head of the Ministry of Women and Social Development, after firing her pro-abortion predecessor. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/peru-president-replaces-pro-abort-women%e2%80%99s-minister-with-pro-lifer-in-ongoing-shakeup/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/un-committee-tells-peru-to-compensate-girl-denied-an-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/un-committee-tells-peru-to-compensate-girl-denied-an-abortion/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:33:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118379 C-Fam Friday Fax: he Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), a New York-based pro-abortion law firm, reported on the conclusion of a proceeding under the optional protocol of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), even though the official decision has not yet been published by the CEDAW committee. It involves the case of L.C. v. Peru, brought before the CEDAW committee by CRR. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/un-committee-tells-peru-to-compensate-girl-denied-an-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/u-n-rules-that-peru-must-relax-restrictions-on-abortion-center-for-reproductive-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/u-n-rules-that-peru-must-relax-restrictions-on-abortion-center-for-reproductive-rights/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:49:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118035 Center for Reproductive Rights: Today, an international human rights body condemned Peru for violating the human rights of a young woman seeking legal abortion services in the country and ruled that the government must ease its restrictions on abortion. In a groundbreaking decision issued in L.C. v. Peru . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/u-n-rules-that-peru-must-relax-restrictions-on-abortion-center-for-reproductive-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/newly-elected-socialist-president-of-peru-filling-women%e2%80%99s-ministry-with-pro-aborts-critics-say/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/newly-elected-socialist-president-of-peru-filling-women%e2%80%99s-ministry-with-pro-aborts-critics-say/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:38:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111062 LifeSiteNews.com: eruvian pro-life organizations are sounding the alarm over a string of pro-abortion and anti-family appointments being made at the country’s Ministry of Women following the election of socialist Ollanta Humala. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/newly-elected-socialist-president-of-peru-filling-women%e2%80%99s-ministry-with-pro-aborts-critics-say/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/peru-constitutional-court-rejects-application-requesting-removal-of-religious-symbols-from-courts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/peru-constitutional-court-rejects-application-requesting-removal-of-religious-symbols-from-courts/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:45:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98927 Noticias Globas (Google translation): Peru's Constitutional Court rejected the application requesting the removal of religious symbols from courts across the country. In Argentina, two judges of the Supreme Court intended the removal of crucifixes from the courts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/peru-constitutional-court-rejects-application-requesting-removal-of-religious-symbols-from-courts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/civil-union-debate-roils-peru-election/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/civil-union-debate-roils-peru-election/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:19:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97942 AFP: Debate over civil unions for gays has divided Peru's socially conservative electorate ahead of next month's presidential vote, drawing particularly fierce opposition from the Catholic church. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/civil-union-debate-roils-peru-election/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/01/same-sex-unions-in-peru-a-long-shot-except-at-roiling-the-presidential-race/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/01/same-sex-unions-in-peru-a-long-shot-except-at-roiling-the-presidential-race/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:46:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96852 TIME Blog: Presidential front-runner Alejandro Toledo, trying to win back the office he held between 2001 and '06, got things going after his party announced that it supported civil unions for same-sex couples. "We are not promoting gay marriage, but we are fully behind civil unions," said Toledo. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/01/same-sex-unions-in-peru-a-long-shot-except-at-roiling-the-presidential-race/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/catholics-defend-cathedral-of-lima-against-gay-provocation-with-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/catholics-defend-cathedral-of-lima-against-gay-provocation-with-prayer/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:28:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96291 Catholic Culture: "On Saturday, Feb. 19, hundreds of Peruvian Catholics gathered at the entrance to the Cathedral of Lima to pray a Rosary for Peace in response to a “Kiss-in Against Homophobia” organized by a small group of homosexuals and lesbians just a few yards away from the church." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/catholics-defend-cathedral-of-lima-against-gay-provocation-with-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/peru-former-president-proposes-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/peru-former-president-proposes-marriage-redefinition/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:02:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92938 Living in Peru: "Former President Alejandro Toledo will push for legalization of gay and lesbian civil unions if he is elected, his campaign chief told daily El Comercio. The proposal is included in Toledo’s government plan under the eighth point titled 'All Peruvians are Equal.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/peru-former-president-proposes-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/08/in-peru-historic-religious-liberty-legislation-passes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/08/in-peru-historic-religious-liberty-legislation-passes/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:55:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85325 Adventist News Network: "Members of Peru's congress voted last week to approve legislation guaranteeing the religious liberty of all citizens, a freedom already recognized by the South American country's constitution." | Via Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/08/in-peru-historic-religious-liberty-legislation-passes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/peruvian-bishop-blasts-proposal-to-lower-sexual-consent-age-to-14/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/peruvian-bishop-blasts-proposal-to-lower-sexual-consent-age-to-14/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:30:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82429 Catholic News Agency: "The president of the Peruvian bishops' committee on the family has warned the country's Congress that lowering the age of sexual consent will turn Peru into a 'sexual paradise' for tourists interested in child prostitution. The Peruvian Congress is currently debating a measure that would lower the legal age of sexual consent from 18 to 14 years old." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/peruvian-bishop-blasts-proposal-to-lower-sexual-consent-age-to-14/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/amnesty-international-pressures-peru-to-legalize-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/amnesty-international-pressures-peru-to-legalize-abortion/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:01:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78875 Catholic News Agency: "Amnesty International has announced it will give Peru's ministry of health a petition signed by 11,000 people calling for the legalization of abortion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/amnesty-international-pressures-peru-to-legalize-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/planned-parenthood-honors-perus-minister-of-health/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/planned-parenthood-honors-perus-minister-of-health/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:13:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/planned-parenthood-honors-perus-minister-of-health/ CNA: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has awarded Peru’s Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte for his “efforts in support of reproductive health.” Several months ago, Ugarte ignored a ruling by Peru’s Constitutional Court and went forward with the distribution of the morning-after pill. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/planned-parenthood-honors-perus-minister-of-health/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/civil-unions-debate-heats-up-in-peru/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/civil-unions-debate-heats-up-in-peru/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:45:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/civil-unions-debate-heats-up-in-peru/ Living in Peru: "The Homosexual Movement of Lima (MHOL) has expressed its surprise about lawmaker José Vargas proposal on legalization the civil union among people of the same sex. Christian Olivera, President of the MHOL, considers that a possible approval of this initiative may prevent the future approval of gay marriage in Peru." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/civil-unions-debate-heats-up-in-peru/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/gay-groups-in-peru-seek-election-alliance-in-wake-of-argentina-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/gay-groups-in-peru-seek-election-alliance-in-wake-of-argentina-law/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:42:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/gay-groups-in-peru-seek-election-alliance-in-wake-of-argentina-law/ Living in Peru: "After the approval of gay marriage in Argentina, two homosexual organizations in Lima announced they are seeking for political allies among the candidates running in Peru's 2011 presidential elections, in order to promote gay marriage in Peru." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/gay-groups-in-peru-seek-election-alliance-in-wake-of-argentina-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/us-joins-britain-netherlands-un-to-support-gay-pride-in-peru/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/us-joins-britain-netherlands-un-to-support-gay-pride-in-peru/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:18:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/us-joins-britain-netherlands-un-to-support-gay-pride-in-peru/ LifeSiteNews: The embassies of the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands have joined the United Nations to issue a declaration in favor of "gay rights" in Peru. 'On the occasion of the celebrations of this year of Gay Pride in Peru, we express our support and solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities in Peru,' the signatories declare. 'Transgender' is a reference to those who claim that their "true" sex is different from their physical sex . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/us-joins-britain-netherlands-un-to-support-gay-pride-in-peru/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/embassies-supporting-homosexual-protests-in-peru/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/embassies-supporting-homosexual-protests-in-peru/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:43:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/embassies-supporting-homosexual-protests-in-peru/ Catholic News Agency: "Seven foreign embassies in Peru have expressed support for protests organized by homosexual activists groups demanding the legalization of same-sex unions by claiming they are being discriminated against. The statement of support was signed by the Embassies of Australia, Belgium, the United States, Holland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Sweden and the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/embassies-supporting-homosexual-protests-in-peru/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/28/abortion-for-mothers-health-to-be-legal-in-peru-says-health-ministry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/28/abortion-for-mothers-health-to-be-legal-in-peru-says-health-ministry/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 22:51:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61935 Living in Peru: "The medical protocol for therapeutic abortion, to be used in public health hospitals, may be ready in another two or three months, said the Ministry of Health, Oscar Ugarte." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/28/abortion-for-mothers-health-to-be-legal-in-peru-says-health-ministry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/political-group-led-by-suspended-priest-promoting-same-sex-marriage-in-peru/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/political-group-led-by-suspended-priest-promoting-same-sex-marriage-in-peru/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 23:15:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60363 Catholic News Agency: "The political party Tierra y Libertad (Land and Freedom) led by suspended priest Marco Arana is demanding that the Peruvian government embrace the homosexual agenda by allowing same-sex “marriage” in the country." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/political-group-led-by-suspended-priest-promoting-same-sex-marriage-in-peru/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/tens-of-thousands-march-against-abortifacient-morning-after-pill-in-peru/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/tens-of-thousands-march-against-abortifacient-morning-after-pill-in-peru/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:49:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/01/tens-of-thousands-march-against-abortifacient-morning-after-pill-in-peru/ LifeSiteNews: "About 55,000 people in the cities of Lima, Arequipa el Corso, and Piura marched to express their opposition to the distribution of the abortion-inducing 'morning after pill' in Peru last week." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/tens-of-thousands-march-against-abortifacient-morning-after-pill-in-peru/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/nearly-50000-march-for-life-in-peru/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/nearly-50000-march-for-life-in-peru/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:38:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/29/nearly-50000-march-for-life-in-peru/ Aciprensa: "The March for Life organized by the Center for Family Promotion and Birth Control (CEPROFARENA) [gathered] more than 30 thousand people in Lima (Peru) . . . while In Arequipa Corso for Life brought together more than 18 thousand. Both demonstrations rejected abortion [and] the illegal decision of Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, to distribute the morning-after pill contrary to the Constitutional Court and the provisions of the Constitution." [modified Google translation] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/nearly-50000-march-for-life-in-peru/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/24/peruvian-bishops-criticize-governments-efforts-to-distribute-morning-after-pill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/24/peruvian-bishops-criticize-governments-efforts-to-distribute-morning-after-pill/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:03:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56562 Catholic News Agency: "The Peruvian bishops’ Committee on the Family, Childhood and Life criticized the government’s stubbornness in pushing the distribution of the morning-after pill, despite the fact that the country's Constitutional Court ruled last year that the pill cannot be sold or distributed due to its abortifacient potential." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/24/peruvian-bishops-criticize-governments-efforts-to-distribute-morning-after-pill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/10/peru-hospitals-to-resume-free-distribution-of-morning-after-pills/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/10/peru-hospitals-to-resume-free-distribution-of-morning-after-pills/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=54925 Living in Peru: "Peru's Health Minister Oscar Ugarte announced that public hospitals will resume distributing the morning-after pill, since international research requested by his department concludes that the pill is not a method of abortion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/10/peru-hospitals-to-resume-free-distribution-of-morning-after-pills/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/09/peru-congress-debates-legislation-decriminalizing-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/09/peru-congress-debates-legislation-decriminalizing-abortion/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:31:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41744 Library of Congress: "Peru's Special Revision Commission on the reform of the Criminal Code approved an amendment that would decriminalize abortions performed in cases of rape or congenital malformations of the fetus." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/09/peru-congress-debates-legislation-decriminalizing-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/majority-of-peruvians-oppose-attempt-to-depenalize-abortion-in-rape-and-deformity-cases-poll/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/majority-of-peruvians-oppose-attempt-to-depenalize-abortion-in-rape-and-deformity-cases-poll/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:19:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40158 LifeSiteNews: "At the same time as the Peruvian Congress considers depenalizing abortion in rape and fetal deformity cases, a new poll indicates that a majority of the Peruvian people oppose the measure." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/majority-of-peruvians-oppose-attempt-to-depenalize-abortion-in-rape-and-deformity-cases-poll/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/peruvian-congress-continues-forward-with-measure-to-legalize-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/peruvian-congress-continues-forward-with-measure-to-legalize-abortion/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:31:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39736 Catholic News Agency: "A new bill that would legalize abortion in cases of rape and fetal deformation has moved through a Congressional committee in Peru and will be sent to the floor of the Peruvian Congress in the coming months, despite widespread opposition to the measure among voters." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/peruvian-congress-continues-forward-with-measure-to-legalize-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/14/bishop-presents-33000-signatures-against-abortion-to-peruvian-congress/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/14/bishop-presents-33000-signatures-against-abortion-to-peruvian-congress/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:03:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36047 CNA: "Last Friday Bishop Jesus Moline Labarta presented 33,000 signatures from voters against abortion to the Peruvian Congress in an effort to promote the defense of life from conception to natural death as the Constitutional Tribunal debates the legality of the morning-after pill." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/14/bishop-presents-33000-signatures-against-abortion-to-peruvian-congress/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/peruvian-government-shelves-investigation-into-massive-forced-sterilizations-of-indigenous-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/peruvian-government-shelves-investigation-into-massive-forced-sterilizations-of-indigenous-women/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:31:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27688 LifeSiteNews: "Human rights organizations have thoroughly documented evidence that women were physically coerced, threatened, tricked, and enticed with economic incentives during the implementation of the program, which sterilized a total of approximately 400,000 Peruvian women in just two years, 1997 and 1998, with the help of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/peruvian-government-shelves-investigation-into-massive-forced-sterilizations-of-indigenous-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/stop-funding-pro-abortion-groups-in-our-country-peru-bishops-to-canadian-bishops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/stop-funding-pro-abortion-groups-in-our-country-peru-bishops-to-canadian-bishops/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:50:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26603 LifeSiteNews: "In a May 28 letter, the Bishops Conference of Peru has “formally” requested that the bishops of Canada cease funding pro-abortion groups in Peru via the Canadian Catholic Organization of Development & Peace (D&P)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/stop-funding-pro-abortion-groups-in-our-country-peru-bishops-to-canadian-bishops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/30/cardinal-calls-on-peruvian-government-to-resist-international-pressure-to-approve-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/30/cardinal-calls-on-peruvian-government-to-resist-international-pressure-to-approve-abortion/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:39:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6310 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/30/cardinal-calls-on-peruvian-government-to-resist-international-pressure-to-approve-abortion/feed/ 0