Controversy about abortions: Catholic office raises the alarm!
Controversy about abortions: Catholic office raises the alarm!
Berlin, Deutschland - Berlin, February 06, 2025 - The Catholic office in Berlin has decided against the planned reform of the abortion regulation. In a current statement, it is criticized that the inter -fractional draft law, which, according to the will of the SPD and the Greens, is almost entirely geared towards the rights of women, pushes into the background of the unborn child. On Monday there is a hearing on the draft law in the Legal Committee of the Bundestag, but a vote is hardly to be expected, since the legislative period ends on Tuesday. The Catholic Church adheres to a restrictive attitude to the liberalization of the abortion regulation, while the Evangelical Church is more differentiated, such as the Kathpress reported.
The controversial draft law provides for aborting pregnancy until the twelfth week after fertilization and removing them from the Criminal Code. This was intensively discussed in a first reading on December 5, 2024 and supported by 328 MPs, as Bundesag.de MP Carmen Wegge emphasized that the existing regulations stigmatize women and reduce the number of doctors who carry out abortions. The draft law should also have the costs for abortions covered by the health insurance companies and at the same time reduce the waiting time before an intervention.
initiatives and resistance
However, the proposal is sharply criticized by parts of the CDU/CSU and the AfD, which indicate the existing compromise and the legal challenges. "The termination of pregnancy is contradictory in contradiction to the case law of the Federal Constitutional Court," said Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker from the CDU. On the other hand, supporters like Ulle Schauws argue from the Greens that the current paragraph 218 women do not give the right to decide on their body. The discussion about the reform of the abortion is thus a focus that is characterized by social and political controversy, which takes into account both historical and modern perspectives on the rights of women.| Details | |
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