Motion for a resolution A7-0306 / 2013

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The motion for a resolution A7-0306 / 2013 is a draft resolution the European Parliament "sexual and reproductive health" to.

report

Due to the eastward enlargement of the EU, the report should renew the report on “Sexual and reproductive health and rights” from 2002. In particular in the new eastern member states of the EU, inadequate sex education correlates with a large number of pregnancies and abortions among adolescents. The rapporteur for the committee responsible was Edite Estrela from Portugal . The cause also received support from the Humanist Association of Germany .

The new report on "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights" contained the following controversial points:

  • The formulation of a fundamental right to reproductive health. In most European countries, abortions are legal under certain conditions. The number of abortions varies from 7 to 35 abortions per 1000 women aged 15 to 44, depending on the country in Europe. However , abortion is prohibited in Ireland , Malta and Poland .
  • The demand "to provide for obligatory, age-appropriate and gender-specific instruction on sexuality and emotional relationships for all children and adolescents within a common framework for boys and girls"
  • The emphasis on “sex education must contain non-discriminatory information and convey a positive view of lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender people” so that the rights of these groups of people are effectively strengthened and protected

criticism

In her criticism of the motion for a resolution, MEP Anna Záborská said that the Convention on the Rights of the Child protects children both before and after birth. The ECJ confirmed in a decision ( C-34/10 ) that every human egg from the fertilization stage is a human embryo that needs to be protected.

Under the slogan "Estrela No!" , Critics of the motion called for public protest.

Religiously motivated opponents of the application, such as the Institute for Medical Anthropology and Bioethics , was this as a quick countermeasure to European citizens' initiative One of us (One of us) .

Treatment in Parliament

The draft of the report was discussed on October 17, 2013 by EU Parliament President Martin Schulz and the political group leaders. It was referred back to the EU Women's and Equality Committee on October 22, 2013 (351 votes to 319, with 18 abstentions).

On December 10, 2013, the motion for a resolution was discussed again in the European Parliament. Parliament rejected the report, stating that "the formulation and implementation of legislation on sexual and reproductive health and related rights and sex education in schools is a responsibility of the Member States." Abstentions accepted.

On January 16, 2014, Edite Estrela tried again to have the report confirmed by the commission. This time too he was rejected. The EU organs, the EU Commission decided, have no right to interfere in questions of abortion policy and sex education and respect the respective legal situation of the national states. According to Parliament, the principle of subsidiarity applies to abortion .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung ( online )
  2. ↑ cf. for example the Facebook initiative and jugendfuerdasleben.de ( memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jugendfuerdasleben.de
  3. ↑ IMABE ( online )
  4. ↑ A7-0306 / 2013 - Edite Estrela - Demande de renvoi en commission 22/10/2013 12: 54: 24.000 - Roll-call vote (PDF; 82 kB)
  5. ^ New Germany: Breaking taboos in the European Parliament
  6. ↑ Medical journal ( online )
  7. ↑ PM ( online )
  8. ^ Video of the meeting in January 2014