Huge protest for women's rights: legalization of abortions required!

Huge protest for women's rights: legalization of abortions required!

Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Deutschland - Am Samstag, den 7. Dezember 2024, haben mehrere Tausend Menschen in Berlin und Karlsruhe gegen das bestehende Abtreibungsrecht demonstriert. Unter dem Slogan „Abtreibung legalisieren – jetzt!“ Around 5,000 participants gathered at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, while in Karlsruhe up to 2,500 people came for a reform of the controversial paragraph 218. These legal provisions regard pregnancy abortions as crimes that remain unpunished in the first twelve weeks, but are subject to an obligation to consult. Die Demonstrierenden forderten die Streichung des Paragrafen aus dem Strafgesetzbuch.

Zentrale Forderungen und Mobilisierung

in Berlin, the protest path from Alexanderplatz led to central roads, including the boulevard Unter den Linden, to the Republic. Posters with inscriptions such as "My uterus does not belong in the STGB" and "Abortion patriarchy - legalize abortion" were visibly worn. In the meantime, the rally in Karlsruhe took place as the end of a twelve -week campaign that brought together local feminists. Here it was also pointed out to introduce the right to voluntary and free advice instead of prescribing mandatory advice, as is currently the case href = "https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/demonstrierendende-demonstration-abtreisung-legalisen-102.html"> SWR .

The organizers of both demos expect the results of the protests to increase political pressure on MPs and enable a timely reform of the right to abortion. In the Bundestag, this topic is increasingly being discussed, with several parties, including the SPD, Greens and Leftists, presenting ideas for legalization until the twelfth week, such as Tagesschau reported. One goal is to eliminate the Stigma around unwanted pregnancies and to strengthen the right to self -determined decisions.