3 Amendments of Marijana PETIR related to 2017/2122(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns all forms of violence against women and gender-based violencetheir physical integrity, including the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention in all its parts in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action in this fieldstrongly reiterates its call to fight sex- selective abortions which result in gendercide; recalls the Council decision to access the Istanbul Convention, on behalf of the European Union, only as regards matters falling within the competence of the Union; emphasises that the signature of the Convention on behalf of the European Union does not oblige Member States to ratify the Convention domestically;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rightsprenatal care and the ability to provide maternal health services should contributes to prenatal care and the ability to avoid high-risk births, reduce infant and child mortality; points out that family planning, maternal health and safe abortion services are important elements to save women’s livethe good development of pregnancy, safe birth giving, and reduce infant and child mortality; emphasises States’ international commitment to protect pregnant women and pregnancy, and to reduce the number of abortions.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Condemns all types of surrogacy, which violates the human dignity of the surrogate and the child since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity for financial or other gain, and the child is reduced to a commodity; emphasises that surrogacy, with or without financial gain, is a form of reproductive exploitation, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries.