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Affiliate
Office : Asociación Defensa de la
Vida (ADEVI)
Director: Dr. Alejandro Leal-Esquivel -
President
Address: Asociación Defensa de la
Vida (ADEVI)
Costado Oeste da la Escuela
Republica Dominica
San Francisco de Dos Rios
Edificio Esquineo Blanco
Piso 2, Local II
Costa Rica
Phone/Fax: Telephone: 506-286-1929
E-mail: adevicr@ice.co.cr
Additional
Info :
ADEVI (Association in Defense of Life) is Human Life International's
representative in Costa Rica. Its mission is to offer a forum
for professionals and students who believe in the sanctity of
human life from conception to natural death, and to promote the
values that strengthen young people and families. ADEVI has a
center providing information on issues such as bioethics, adolescence
and family life. Its ACTIVITIES include seminars, conferences,
and counseling for pregnant women.
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- Country
Profile
Population: 3,956,507 (July 2004 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate: 10.26 deaths/1,000
live births (2004 est.)
Total Fertility Rate: 2.33 children born/woman
(2004 est.)
2.38 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist
20%,
Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%
Abortion Law Status: Illegal with
a strict life of the
mother exception.
Sources include the CIA World ,The
Facts of Life, 2nd
edition and Abortion Policies: A Global Review by the
UN Population Division.
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