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Eduardo
Verástegui
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QUOTE: "Abortion
is not only a very lucrative business, but it is also used by racist people as
a means of eliminating our people, since they think that we are a menace for
democracy in this country."
AUTHOR: José Eduardo
Verástegui Córdoba (Spanish pronunciation: [eðuˈarðo βeˈɾasteɣi];
born on May 21, 1974) is a Mexican model, singer, and actor. He was part of
band Kairo and later a solo music career, before he started appearing in
Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like Chasing Papi and Bella
the latter produced by his own production company "Metanoia".
Verástegui was raised in a practicing Catholic
Christian family. After finding success as a musical entertainer, and then as a
soap opera star, he decided to pursue a career in Hollywood. In 2002, before
filming commenced on Chasing Papi, Verástegui took voice-coaching
lessons to improve his English pronunciation. The coach was a committed
Catholic, and in the course of their conversations Verástegui re-discovered his
faith and resolved to change his lifestyle. He also declared that he had
decided to turn down offers to play roles in films that conflicted with his
Catholic beliefs. In an interview with Dave Hartline, the author of The Tide
Is Turning Toward Catholicism and published by Catholic Report, he
said he was committed to attend Mass daily, praying, reading the Bible, saying
the rosary and going to Confession at least once a week. He also said that he
first encountered his renewed faith in Scott Hahn's
book, Rome Sweet Home that "had a great impact on me and its
influences can be seen in a lot of what I do".
Verástegui is a pro-life
advocate, through the organization "Mantle of Faith". Verástegui
recounts an anecdote about his beliefs: he was doing research for his role in Bella
and had gone to an abortion clinic as part of that process. While there, he
started talking to a Hispanic couple who were going to the clinic for an
abortion. He says that, recognizing him from his telenovela roles on Mexican
television, they listened as he described his upcoming role and the plotline of
"Bella". They reconsidered their decision and went home without going
ahead with the abortion. Immediately after their child was born, they called
him to tell him the good news and thanking him and asking for his permission to
name the child Eduardo after him. He also made a point of meeting "little
Eduardo" weeks later.
In 2008, he released a long video message
denouncing the high rate of abortion in Hispanic communities in the United
States and speaking out loudly about alleged targeting of the Hispanic
communities with pro-choice messages by the Barack Obama campaign during the
presidential race.
Actively involved in charities, he has
established "Manto de Guadalupe" a pro-life organization with
worldwide outreach and based in Los Angeles and offering a crisis pregnancy
center for the underprivileged Latina women.
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