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| October 01, 2008 | Diaz, Veronica | COPYRIGHT 2008 Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The author is the president of Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir-Chile (Catholics for the Right to Decide, Chile), a member organization of the Red Latinoamericana de Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Latin American Network of Catholics for the Right to Decide). "We are Catholic women by baptism and feminists by choice. We were raised in the Catholic tradition, and we want to keep being part of this family. We defend the sexual rights and reproductive rights of women, who are the most forgotten and least valued component of this tremendous system overseen by a hierarchy of 'celibate' men. We firmly believe that we are moral agents able to make our own decisions in ...

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