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87 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2020/2215(INI)

Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 10 December 2013 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR),
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
— having regard to the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Contraception Atlases, which rank access to contraception in geographical Europe and highlight inequalities across the continent and the fact that the unmet need for contraception in some parts of Europe has gone largely unnoticed,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
— having regard to general comment No. 22 of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 2 May 2016 on the right to sexual and reproductive health,deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
— having regard to its resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland4, _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0058.deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2019 on experiencing a backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU5, _________________ 5 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0111.deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31
— having regard to the issue paper of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights of December 2017 on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe,deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34
— having regard to the WHO Regional Office for Europe and BZgA’s standards for sexuality education in Europe: a framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists, and to UNESCO’s international technical guidance on sexuality education: an evidence- informed approach,deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36
— having regard to the United Nations Population Fund’s State of World Population 2019 report entitled ‘Unfinished Business: the pursuit of rights and choices FOR ALL’,deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the FEMM committee decision to work against pro- life civil society organisations by pursuing an Initiative report on foreign funding of so-called anti-choice groups,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to all aspects of sexuality and reproduction, not merely the absence of dysfunction, infirmity or mortality, and whereas all individuals have a right to make decisions governing their bodies8 ; _________________ 8 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary, sexuality and intimacy belong in the private sphere;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas both the Programme of Action of the ICPD in Cairo (1994) (in point 8.25 thereof) and the Platform of Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women’s Rights in Beijing (1995) clearly state that abortion should not be promoted as a family planning method1 b; _________________ 1b P7_TA(2013)0548
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas both the ICPD Programme of Action (1994) and the Beijing Platform of Action (1995) call for states to reduce maternal mortality and provide more accessible, affordable and high-quality basic health services, with particular emphasis on medical care of mothers;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; define their sexual orientation and gender identity; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summarydeleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; define their sexual orientation and gender identity; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children, naturally or by legal means ensuring that the child, at the moment of conception, has a father and a mother; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; define their sexual orientation and gender identity; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry, in compliance with national legislation on marriage, and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; define their sexual orientation and gender identity; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas having children is something that can be achieved only by a couple formed of a man and a woman, whether through natural or medically- assisted reproduction or by adoption;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognised as human rights in international and European human rights law10; _________________ 10Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe.deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas so-called sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognnot established as human rights in international and European human rights law10 ; _________________ 10Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe.; whereas the right to integrity as enshrined in article 3 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights should not be subject to misleading interpretation;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas violations of SRHR constitute breaches of human rights, specifically the right to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non- discrimination, health and education; whereas violations of women’s SRHR are a form of violence against women and girls;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas violations of SRHRhealth constitute breaches of human rights, specifically the right to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non- discrimination, health and education; whereas such violations of women’s SRHR are a form of violence against women and girls;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the right to information on these issues must be as comprehensive as possible, and whereas the French law known as the digital obstruction to abortion constitutes not only a violation of civil liberties but also an infringement of the right to information in this area;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRH standards in the world, there are still challenges, a lack of access, gapslegitimate differences exist between Member States based on the wishes of sovereign peoples; whereas inequalities in this area for economic or geographic reasons within and inequalitiesdividual Member State should be avoided;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRH standards in the world, there are still challenges, a lack of access, gaps and inequalities;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatmentsgender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, denial of access to information/education, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality educationaccess to teaching about contraception and the risks of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages, certificates of virginity, hymenoplasty under family pressure and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefsgrounds other than the doctors' conscience clause, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available legal contraception methods in the Member State, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, polygamy, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender-based stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the unavailability of unbiased scientifically accurate information violates the rights of individuals to make informed choices about their own SRHR;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive sexuality education; modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services; for living, heterosexual couples of reproductive age;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive sexuality educationaccess to teaching about contraception and the risks of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases; modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive sexuality education; modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services if permitted under national law; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender- based violence; treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive sexuality education; modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services where these are permitted under national legislation; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality educationeducation about contraception and the risks of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases facilitates informed reproductive choices;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcing women to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcing women to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas, under Article 6 TFEU, in the area of protection and improvement of human health, the EU can only intervene to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of EU countries, and whereas Member States are therefore sovereign in this area;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing itit is till a traumatic experience for women and alternatives such as anonymous childbirth must be offered, without influencing a woman's choice one way or the other;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing itit is vital to ensure that all medical and healthcare staff are able to enjoy freedom of conscience;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights who appeal to national interests in order to achieve demographic objectives, thus contributing to the erosion of democracy and personal freedoms;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights who appeal to national interests in order to achieve demographic objectives, thus contributing to the erosion of democracy and personal freedomfall within the competence of the Member States;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas medically-assisted reproduction should be restricted to sterile, living heterosexual couples of reproductive age;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas surrogacy cannot under any circumstances be considered as forming part of sexual and reproductive rights;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas progress has been made in the areas of women’s rights and SRHR, but opponents of reproductive rights have nonetheless had an influence on national law and policy, seeking to undermine SRHR, as noted by Parliament in its resolution on experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU and by the European Institute for Gender Equality in its report of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas freedom of opinion and expression and democratic debate are the basis of Member States’ democracies and no supranational body can impose policies in the area of sexual and reproductive rights on sovereign peoples and the democratically elected national governments that represent them, nor limit the right of expression in this area;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the TFEU stipulates that the Union must fully respect the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full access to SRHR;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full access to SRHRin order to ensure access to all available information and high health standards enabling people to lead satisfactory, responsible and safe sex lives and have the freedom to decide whether, when and how often to reproduce;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range ofnational SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding fullsuch access to SRHR;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that all SRHR policies relating to SRHR should be founded on reliable and objective evidence from organisations such as WHO, other UN agencies and the Council of Europevidence;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights call on its member states11to guarantee sufficient budgetary provision for SRHR and ensure the availability of adequate human resources; _________________ 11Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europedeleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights call on its member states11to guarantee sufficient budgetary provision for SRHR and ensure the availability of adequate human resources; _________________ 11Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europedeleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee access to a full range of SRHR serviceshigh standard of sexual and reproductive health;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHRsexual and reproductive health must be undertaken with fully informed consent;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading a
CompPrehvensive sexuality education benefits young peoplet the spread of discriminatory misinformation
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to ensure access to scientifically accurate and comprehensive sexuality education for all primary and secondary school children in line with WHO standards;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to ensure access to scientifically accurate and comprehensive sexuality education for all primary and secondary school children in line with WHO standardthat all adolescents have access to scientifically correct education on contraception and sexually transmitted diseases;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to ensure access to scientifically accurate and comprehensive sexuality education for all primary and secondary school children in line with WHO standards;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon the Member States to combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to contraceptive methods, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health; stresses that abortion should only be used, where appropriate, as a last resort and that contraception should be encouraged to avoid the need for abortion;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that contraception is covered under national reimbursement schemes and healthcare policies and to recognise that this coverage should be extended to all people of reproductive age;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that contraception is covered under national reimbursement schemes and healthcare policies and to recognise that this coverage should be extended to all people of reproductive age;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms that abortion must be a voluntary decision based on a woman’s request, given of her own free will, in accordance with medical standards based on WHO guidelines and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to safe and legal abortion; reaffirms that, in accordance with Article 6 TFEU, in the area of protection and improvement of human health, the EU can only intervene to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of EU countries and that Member States are therefore sovereign in the area of sexual and reproductive rights;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirmcalls that abortion must be a voluntary decision based on a woman’s request, given of her own free will, in accordance with medical standards based on WHO guidelines and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to safe and legal abortrelevant national provisions;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that in no case should abortion be promoted as a family planning method; urges all governments and relevant intergovernmental and non- governmental organisations to strengthen their commitment to women's health, to deal with the health impact of unsafe abortion, as a major public health concern, and to reduce the recourse to abortion through expanded and improved family-planning services, giving prevention of unwanted pregnancies the highest priority and attempting to eliminate the need for abortion1 c; _________________ 1cParagraph 8.25 of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (1994)
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recalls that the European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly stated that neither the European Convention on Human Rights nor any of the articles contained therein may be interpreted in such a way as to recognise the existence of a right to abortion;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to regulate obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights afforded to them by law;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States which so wish to regulate obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights afforded to them by national law;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that abortion legislation must remain within the exclusive competence of the Member States;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to review their national legal provisions on abortion and bring them in line with international human rights standards and regional best practices by ensuring that abortion at a woman’s request isRecalls that any measures or changes relating to abortion within the health system may only be determined at national or local legavel in early pregnancy and even beyond if the woman’s health or life is in dangeraccordance with national legislation;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to review their national legal provisions on abortion and bring them in line with international human rights standards and regional best practices by ensuring that abortion at a woman’s request is legal in early pregnancy and even beyondRecalls that, in accordance with Article 6 TFEU, in the area of protection and improvement of human health, the EU can only intervene to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of EU countries, and that Member States are therefore sovereign ifn the woman’s health or life is in dangerarea of sexual and reproductive rights;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls upon the Member States to 16. combat physical and verbal abuse, including gynaecological and obstetric violence, which constitute forms of gender- based violence; calls for the sanctioning of aggressive attitudes towards healthcare workers by certain individuals invoking so-called Islamic rules, such as refusing to allow a male doctor to carry out a gynaecological examination as a matter of principle;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHRsexual and reproductive health by striving to protect human rights, specifically the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services, ensuring that the principle of non- retrogression is respected;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to protect human rights, specifically the right of the child to have a father and a mother at the moment of conception, the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services, ensuring that the principle of non- retrogression is respected;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to protect human rights, specifically the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services, ensuring that the principle of non- retrogression is respected;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to take a human-rights-based approach to tackling demographic challenges, ensuring that every EU resident can fully realise their SRHR, and to confront those who instrumentalise SRHR in order to undermine EU values and democracy;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to take a human-rights-based approach to tackling demographic challenges, ensuring that every EU resident can fully realise their SRHR, and to confront those who instrumentalise SRHR in order to undermine EU values andto attack the sovereignty of the Member States and national democracy;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU public health strategy, while respecting the Member States' sovereignty in this area;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU public health strategysexual and reproductive health;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU gender equality strategy;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7 and 5.6, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities;deleted
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash againstall forms of discrimination concerning women’s rights;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM