{"id":38485,"date":"2025-12-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gnews.cz\/?p=38485"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:15:03","slug":"european-bishops-oppose-ep-resolution-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnews.cz\/en\/tema\/evropsti-biskupove-proti-rezoluci-ep-o-potratech\/","title":{"rendered":"European bishops oppose EP resolution on abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRUSSELS \u2013 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution supporting the \u201eMy voice, my choice\u201c initiative, which aims to facilitate access to abortion in the European Union. The document has no legal force, but \u2013 as emphasised by bishops from EU member states \u2013 it violates the principle of subsidiarity and undermines the protection of life from the moment of conception.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution concerns the European citizens\u201e initiative \u201cMy voice, my choice\u201e, which was signed by more than a million people in 27 EU countries. It envisages support \u2013 including financial support \u2013 for women who wish to have an abortion, including through travel to another EU country if access to abortion is restricted in their own country. The European Parliament also supported an amendment calling for the inclusion of the \u201cright to abortion\" in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. At the same time, an alternative resolution reminding that abortion and reproductive health policy falls within the exclusive competence of Member States was rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMECE voice: Avoid interference in Member States' competences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Before the vote, the Commission of the Bishops\u201e Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expressed \u201cserious concerns about the overall objective of this initiative\u201e. The bishops called on MEPs to \u201cavoid further tensions within the European Union and to vote responsibly, taking into account the current division of powers between the EU and Member States in the area of abortion\".<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

COMECE recalled the Church's teaching that \u201ehuman life must be unconditionally respected and protected from the moment of conception\u201c and that \u201edirect abortion, that is to say, abortion intended as an end or as a means, is gravely contrary to moral law\u201c. According to the bishops, the current debate is taking place in a \u201ehighly polarised context\u201c in which there are \u201eattempts to circumvent national competences and the principle of subsidiarity for ideological reasons\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women need help other than facilitating abortion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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EU bishops emphasise that women in difficult situations \u201eneed forms of support other than those proposed by this and similar initiatives, which aim to facilitate abortion\u201c. As COMECE emphasises, the public debate requires \u201eprudent policies that truly protect and support women while also protecting the human life of unborn children\u201c.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The European Parliament's resolution is not binding, but \u2013 as the bishops note \u2013 its adoption has considerable political significance in the context of future decisions by the Commission and the Council of the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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