Academics object to pro-choice federal appointment in Argentina
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The deans of five Argentine law schools have protested the appointment of a supporter of legalized abortion as Argentina's Ombudsman for the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents since "it's a clear violation of the federal juridical order."

Marisa Graham
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
9/13/2019 (5 years ago)
Published in Europe
Keywords: ABORTION, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, AMERICAS
Buenos Aires, Argentina, (CNA) - The deans of five Argentine law schools have protested the appointment of a supporter of legalized abortion as Argentina's Ombudsman for the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents since "it's a clear violation of the federal juridical order."
On June 26 the Argentine House of Representatives confirmed Marisa Graham, a well-known abortion advocate in Argentina, to lead the nation's Ombudsman's Office for Boys, Girls and Adolescents.
Graham's appointment now awaits confirmation by Argentina's senate.
The signatories to a letter of objection are the deans of the law schools of the Argentina Catholic University, the Catholic University of La Plata, the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North, the University del Salvador, and Fasta University.
Graham's "public and manifest advocacy in support of the legalization of abortion is discriminatory with respect to countless people who would be unprotected, helpless and deprived of the defense of their most elementary rights," the deans said.
These rights are contained in the articles of the National Constitution, the American Convention on Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Civil and Commercial Code.
The regulations recognize "that people's lives begin with conception and from that moment they are already children up to 18 years of age; that all children have the intrinsic right to life from conception and that their survival and development are to be guaranteed from that moment to the maximum extent possible, by the State and without any discrimination," they said.
"The arguments invoked by Dr. Graham that her position on the legalization of abortion would not influence the exercise of her office are unsustainable, while it is not understood how she will defend the right to life of the unborn child, that they are persons according to the norms of the highest level in our legal system," they warned.
The Ombudsman Office for Boys, Girls and Adolescents monitors public policies on childhood and ensures that the State guarantees compliance with the rights of minors.
This office has been vacant since it was created in 2005 with the Law on the Comprehensive Protection of the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents.
This story was initially published by ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language partner agency. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
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