“To combat anti-abortion legislation throughout Europe” is our target claims Astra, a pro-abortion network in Central and Eastern Europe which asks for “a stronger European parliamentary response to increasingly regressive legislation in Europe.” Astra held a meeting with MEPs and policy-makers on October 11th and 12th in order to try to counteract right-to-life legislation throughout Europe.…
On September 28th at the European Parliament, so-called “All of Us”, created to be a direct rival of One of Us, held a conference against conscientious objection of healthcare providers. “All of Us” was created in 2015 to counteract One of Us and held a single conference at the European Parliament for abortion rights on…
On October 13th, French socialist deputies proposed a bill “to widen the offence of forming an obstacle to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy through the online dissemination of “false information” on abortion”. Created by a 1993 law, the offence of ‘obstacle’ sanctions both preventing and attempting to prevent an abortion, by interfering with access to…
At the European Parliament, Dutch MEP Sophia In’t Veld is promoting a motion for a resolution asking the European Commission to establish a permanent mechanism to monitor the state of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in each Member State. If adopted, this mechanism will be used by the European Union to sanction…
Following the rejection of the right-to-life bill by the Polish Parliament, the “Save Women” (pro-abortion) committee announced an upcoming European Citizens’ Initiative to ensure a guaranteed access to legal abortion, sexual education, and contraception at the EU level. Barbara Nowacka, leader of the “Save Women” committee explains: “In a few months, I am going to ask for your help to…
The campaign Stop Discriminating Down has alerted the United Nations about a new prenatal genetic screening test primarily aimed at Down syndrome, namely, the Non Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT). The NIPT can potentially detect a range of genetic chromosomal conditions in an unborn child by analysing the blood of the mother. The formal purpose of…
