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Draft opinion
Citation 1

~~- having regard to the issue paper of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights of December 2017 entitled ‘Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe’,~~deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Citation 2

~~- having regard to the 2019 recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights,~~deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Citation 3

~~- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland (2019/2891(RSP)),~~deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives are before the Polish Parliament, one of which seeks to tighten up even further a law on abortion which is already one of the most restrictive in the EU, and the other to make providing sexual education to minors a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives are before the Polish Parliament, one of which seeks to tighten up even further a law on abortion which is already one of the most restrictive in the EU, and the other to make providing sexual education to minors a criminal offence punishable by imprisonmentand whereas their content and possible adoption come under the sovereignty of Poland;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the members of the Sejm were democratically elected on the basis of proportional representation, and whereas the Polish people elected their representatives freely and in the exercise of their sovereignty;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Recital D

~~D. whereas in 2018 the draft law imposing restrictions on abortion triggered massive protests throughout Poland and beyond;~~deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas in 2019, the Polish people freely chose to elect to the Sejm a majority of members whose stance on abortion was known to the electorate; whereas it is not for supranational or foreign institutions and NGOs to state their opinions on matters of national competence when citizens can vote freely and governments and assemblies are elected democratically;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Notes that on 16 April 2020 the Polish Parliament voted to refer back to committee the two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives on access to abortion and on the sexual education of minors;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Polish Government to halt consideration of these two draft laws, given that a vigorous, necessary and legitimate debate is under way in the country and throughout Europe in response to the moral issues and grievances they raise, and that the lives and fundamental rights of thousands of women, couples and families, many of them among the youngest and most vulnerable in society, would be irreparably damaged;deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that legislation on abortion, as with all laws, comes under national sovereignty, primarily that of each country’s parliamentary institutions, and that the European Parliament should not become involved in a national, democratic matter in Poland;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned at the loss of women’s rights and at the level of protection in Poland of the right of women and adolescent girls to health, of which sexual and reproductive health is an essential component, and of the rights of young LGBTI people, whose health and physical safety are particularly at risk;deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that legislation on abortion must go hand in hand with measures to prevent abortion, given the large number of contraceptive techniques in existence today;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Polish Government to condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI + people in Poland; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combat all human rights violations faced by them in Poland;deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Polish Government to include sexual orientation as a protected characteristic in the Criminal Code;~~deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Polish Government to comply with the recommendations made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland, as well as with those of the Council of Europe and the WHO.deleted

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

Annika BRUNA, Virginie JORON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Deplores the fact that this campaign to discredit Poland in the eyes of the European Parliament is an example of the modus operandi of the EU, which actively distorts national democratic processes and undermines Europe’s diversity;

2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM

17 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2017/0360R(NLE)

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