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Activities of Christine ANDERSON related to 2022/2049(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)
2023/01/17
Dossiers: 2022/2049(INI)

Amendments (7)

Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital Q (new)
Q. whereas even though it is illegal, it is estimated that because of sex-selective abortions in India an estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030; whereas the same practice in China is resulting in 834 girls being born for every 1000 boy;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside Member States and those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Condemns excessive use of force by police against women protesting in Canada and Germany; calls on all Governments to ensure that their law enforcement authorities do not prosecute legitimate protests or discriminate against those exercising their right to free speech;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Expresses grave concerns over loss of privacy and protection for women in locker rooms and jail facilities where biological males identifying as women are given access; notes that a level playing field can only exist in women's sports when only biological females are permitted to compete;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging; notes that no international legal right to abortion exists, and that the Dobbs decision in the United States allows individual states to decide on their maternal healthcare policies;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses grave concerns over the loss of women's rights in countries like Afghanistan, following the American withdrawal and the take-over by the Taliban; condemns any country or culture which treats women as property, prevents women and girls from enjoying choices in education, family life, and careers;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Condemns the practise of sex- selective abortion, which disproportionately kills young girls and harms their mothers, leading to a dangerous imbalance in the male to female ratio in some countries;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM