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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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