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Guatemalan president vows to make country ‘pro-life capital’ of Latin America

Updated: December 16, 2021 at 4:57 pm EST  See Comments

Thu Dec 16, 2021 – 4:27 pm EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – During a visit to the United States last week, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei declared his intentions to make Guatemala the “pro-life capital” of Latin America.

“Every individual deserves to have their lives protected, from conception to natural death,” Giammattei said during remarks to an Institute for Women’s Health event at Washington, D.C.’s Willard Hotel, the Christian Post reported. “It is totally false that abortion is a human right. Any effort to try to impose abortion in a country is undue interference in international affairs.”

“We seek to protect life and to prevent interference,” he continued. “We do not approve of abortion because of my faith but also my profession as a medical doctor. Life should be protected from conception.”

During the event, he announced a declaration formally declaring Guatemala the “Pro-Life Capital of Ibero-America,” which includes most of the countries of Central and South America.

Earlier this fall, Guatemala became a signatory of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which affirms there is “no international right to abortion,” and revoked permission for Planned Parenthood Global to set up an office in the country. Guatemalan pro-lifers currently

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