2020/2215(INI) The situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health
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| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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MATIĆ Predrag Fred ( S&D)
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FITZGERALD Frances ( EPP),
TOLLERET Irène ( Renew),
HERZBERGER-FOFANA Pierrette ( Verts/ALE),
BALDASSARRE Simona ( ID),
DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Margarita ( ECR),
PEREIRA Sandra ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | DEVE |
HERZBERGER-FOFANA Pierrette ( Verts/ALE)
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Dominique BILDE ( ID),
Ryszard CZARNECKI ( ECR),
György HÖLVÉNYI ( PPE),
Miguel URBÁN CRESPO ( GUE/NGL),
Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU ( RE),
Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ ( S&D)
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2021/06/23
Indicative plenary sitting date
2021/05/21
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality adopted the own-initiative report by Predrag Fred MATIĆ (S&D, HR) on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health.
General considerations
The report noted that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) fall under the competences of Member States and as such, they have a responsibility to ensure access to a full range of SRHR services. Sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognised as human rights in international and European human rights law and violations of SRHR constitute breaches of human rights. All challenges related to SRHR faced within Member States constitute common European challenges.
Numerous reports show that, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, SRHR services were limited and/or revoked, and there was a disruption in access to essential medical services such as contraception and abortion care, HIV and STI testing, access to female genital mutilation prevention and awareness centres and reproductive cancer screenings, and respectful maternal healthcare, which has had severe implications for women’s fundamental right to bodily autonomy.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to strengthen the resilience of health systems to such crises, to ensure that services related to SRHR continue to be fully available and are provided in a timely manner.
Improving SRHR in the EU
Member States are called on to:
- ensure access to a full range of high-quality, comprehensive and accessible SRHR, and to remove all legal, policy, financial and other barriers impeding full access to SRHR for all persons;
- progress towards universal health coverage, for which SRHR is essential, including through using, where appropriate, the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+);
- raise awareness among women of the importance of regular screenings, and to ensure that public health services provide screenings such as mammograms and mammary ultrasonographies, cytology tests and bone density scans;
- implement legislative measures that safeguard physical integrity, freedom of choice and self-determination with regard to the sexual and reproductive life of persons with disabilities;
- adopt legislation ensuring that intersex persons are not subjected to non-vital medical or surgical treatment during infancy or childhood, and that their right to bodily integrity, autonomy, self-determination and informed consent is fully respected;
- encourage the widespread availability of toxin-free and reusable menstrual products;
- urgently tackle menstrual poverty by ensuring that free period products are available to anyone who needs them;
- eliminate the so-called care and tampon tax by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0 % VAT rates to these essential basic goods;
- ensure universal access to scientifically accurate, non-judgemental and comprehensive sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children;
- ensure universal access to a range of high-quality and accessible modern contraceptive methods and supplies, family planning counselling;
- decriminalise abortion and ensure universal access to safe and legal abortion, and respect for the right to freedom, privacy and the best attainable healthcare;
- ensure that all persons of reproductive age have access to fertility treatments, regardless of their socio-economic or marital status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
Members called on the Commission to develop common EU standards in maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care, and to facilitate the sharing of best practices among experts in the field.
Lastly, the resolution pointed out that the EU and its Member States are experiencing an economic and social crisis, in addition to the sanitary crisis. Member States should consider the health impact of COVID-19 through a gender lens and ensure the continuation of a full range of SRH services through the health systems in all circumstances, in line with international human rights standards.
Documents
2021/05/11
EP - Vote in committee
2021/02/25
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/12/14
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/12/14
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/11/17
EP - HERZBERGER-FOFANA Pierrette (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2020/10/27
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/10/22
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2020/04/27
EP - MATIĆ Predrag Fred (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0169/2021
- Committee opinion: PE660.263
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE662.044
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE662.097
- Committee draft report: PE660.070
- Committee draft report: PE660.070
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE662.044
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE662.097
- Committee opinion: PE660.263
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| Amendments | Dossier |
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2020/2215(INI)
2020/12/11
DEVE
108 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital 1 a (new) 1a. whereas the pandemic and lockdown measures are disrupting access to education and healthcare; whereas they have therefore made access to contraception and sexuality education even more difficult, leaving women and girls more exposed to the risk of unwanted and early pregnancies, as well as female genital mutilation and domestic violence;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees are too often victims of human
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees are too often victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution; points out that asylum seekers and refugees have more problems to access maternal care, contraceptive methods, safe abortion or services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases; insists that effective access to SRHR for these populations is critical for their survival
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees are too often victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution; insists that, in general, there should be an opposition and fight against human trafficking, and that specifically an access to SRHR for these peop
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees are too often victims of human trafficking, sexual violence and forced prostitution; insists that access to SRHR for these populations is critical for their survival.
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees are too often victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Considers that violations of SRHR are often deeply engrained in societal values built upon the patriarchal concept of women’s role within the family and their ability to reproduce; underlines the need for development cooperation programmes to boost cultural change in order to improve societal views on SRHR; believes that actions aiming at empowering civil societies in partner countries, mainly organizations defending the rights of women and girls, are vital in order to generate new societal attitudes and consensus that facilitate the recognition of SRHR.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls for ensuring that women can be empowered to fully avail of their human and legal rights, including access to legal status including through birth registration, inheritance rights for women and girls for property and access to land, capital and micro-finances; stresses that such economic empowerment can impact positively on their capability to fully exercises their rights in all domains.
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that, in general, all population groups, including marginalised groups, with little access to health systems and ‘at-risk groups’ must be taken into account in health programmes, including sexual health, screening and prevention schemes.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are grounded in human rights, are fundamental elements of human dignity, are essential if women are to retain control over their own bodies and remain crucial to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are grounded in human rights, are fundamental elements of human dignity, and remain crucial to achieving gender equality and promoting women’s rights; calls on the EU to guarantee universal respect for, and access to, SRHR as agreed in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the review conferences thereof acknowledging that they contribute to the achievement of all health-related SDGs;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are grounded in human rights, are fundamental elements of human dignity, and remain crucial to achieving gender equality and to improving the condition of women in certain developing and less-developed countries, and also in certain communities in the European Union;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are grounded in human rights, are fundamental elements of human dignity, and remain crucial to achieving gender equality and Universal Health Coverage;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Draws attention to Sustainable Development Goal 3, which encompasses ending the HIV epidemic, points out that, according to the World Health Organization, 64% of people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa and that in 2005 two thirds of women with HIV also lived in this region of the world, and points out that HIV prevention must be integrated into a more comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive rights and sexual health, particularly in view of the link between HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that the problem of pregnant women left alone continues to be present and unsolved. The economic, psychological and social help to these mothers must become a goal to be achieved, in order not to leave them abandoned to themselves and without the possibility of choosing life;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly goals 3 and 5 and their associated targets, it is necessary to be committed to the established framework of the Agenda 2030, notably in the context of sexual and reproductive health care;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls upon the Member States to address the persisting challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR in Europe and globally and to ensure that all persons have access to high-quality and affordable SRHR services and that no one is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health; Stresses that equal access to SRHR must be ensured for all persons, regardless of age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, bodily diversity, race, ethnicity, class, caste, religious affiliation and beliefs, marital status, socio- economic status, disability, HIV (or STI) status, national and social origin, legal and migration status, language;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that women’s economic and social empowerment, including their access to education, health and employment, as crucial for sustainable development and growth;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital 1 b (new) 1b. whereas the Spotlight Initiative was launched by the EU and the UN to combat violence, including sexual violence, against women and girls, and whereas one of its aims is to improve access to sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls upon Member States to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not affect the right of all individuals to SRHR services and to ensure they are secured through the public health systems, and combat all efforts directed on using the pandemic as a pretext to further restrict SRHR;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the immediate elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; and that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the delay or interruption of community outreach programmes and education on harmful practices globally is estimated to lead 2 million more cases of FGM and 13 million more child marriages over the next decade compared to pre-pandemic estimates; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the elimination of harmful, violent practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel; recalls that girls living in the EU territory are also subject to the risk of suffering FGM while visiting their countries of origin, mainly in the framework of family visits; considers that it is important that all member States, including regional and local administrations, share their best practices on protocols to prevent FGM committed to girls that travel to countries or regions where FGM is significantly practiced; calls on all EU Member States who have not done so yet to enact specific criminal law on FGM in order to prosecute this crime more effectively when it is committed outside their territories;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; underlines that according to World Health Organisation, female genital mutilation harms girls and women in many ways and can cause long-term health complications; stresses that early and forced child marriage is a human rights violation and often results in making young girls vulnerable to violence, discrimination and abuse; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM and that these practices affect women living in the European Union; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel; calls on the Commission to examine the synergies between the internal and external EU programmes to ensure a coherent long- term approach to stop FGM both within and outside the EU, given that the issue is inherently linked to other parts of the world;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for zero tolerance for sexual and gender-based violence, including trafficking, female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, sex-selective abortion, sexual and reproductive exploitation, as well as sexual enslavement through religious coercion;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital 1 c (new) 1c. whereas early pregnancies can give rise to serious complications and are one of the main causes of death among girls;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide and to guarantee in practice access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any violations of
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services and maternal healthcare; stresses the importance of improving the availability of contraceptive methods in developing countries, especially for adolescent girls who are at greater risk of complications in case of pregnancy; affirms that all women and girls are entitled to make their own free and informed choices with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and lives;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services and maternal healthcare; calls on the EU to support health and family planning centres in partner countries with a view to exchanging information and doing away with taboos surrounding menstruation, sexuality and procreation and also fully involving young men in the fight against stereotypes and taboos;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services, prevention, screening and the provision of information on sexually transmitted diseases and maternal healthcare;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reminds that the quality of maternal healthcare is an important indication of the development of a country; believes that development cooperation should help partner countries to uphold the right to health in the context of pregnancy and childbirth through the establishment of decent maternal health services that effectively decrease infant mortality, as well as deaths related to complications of childbirth;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that, in the context of European development policy, it is important to draw on assistance from the health services of the beneficiary States in implementing systematic health programmes for vaccination, prevention, information provision and screening;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital 1 d (new) 1d. whereas WASH services are essential to sexual and reproductive health, but are still too often inaccessible, particularly in remote areas;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and child birth and contribute to reducing gender-based violence (GBV) and discrimination against LGBTI people through addressing gender norms, gender equality, unequal power dynamics in relationships, coercion, violence, respect for one’s own and others’ boundaries, consent and self- esteem; recalls the role of non- governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR and should be supported by the EU, both financially and politically; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent gender- based violence, as well as early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that CSE programmes are
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth in particular contraception, prevention of HIV and STIs; recalls the role of non- governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school; calls on CSE programmes to also focus on interpersonal relationships, sexual orientation, gender equality, consent and the prevention of gender-based violence;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that CSE programmes in the school system are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that age-appropriate CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth;
Amendment 45 #
4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth; recalls the role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage,
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth; recalls the role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school, and urges that these programmes be made as inclusive as possible;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that, in addition to sexuality education, it is the responsibility of the national authorities of the States concerned to provide basic scientific training and education covering all or some sexual and reproductive rights, and that training provided by external stakeholders, in particular NGOs, must take into account, as far as possible, the cultural sensitivities of the target communities, while providing comprehensive and objective information on the subjects covered;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Notes with concern that in sub- Saharan Africa 70% of young women are not fully informed about HIV and that, however, girls account for three quarters of new infections in the 15-19 age group, stresses that sexuality education must therefore provide information about sexually transmitted diseases, including their impact on fertility and the health of the unborn child, and encourage girls and women to take advantage of prevention and screening schemes, and stresses that young European women, including those belonging to communities far away from healthcare facilities, must be made aware of these problems;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital 1 e (new) 1e. whereas the SRHR services are essential healthcare services that should be available to all and include inter alia: comprehensive sexuality education and information, confidential and unbiased counselling and services for sexual and reproductive health and well-being; counselling and access to a wide range of modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and new-born care; safe and legal abortion services and care and post- abortion care including treatment of complications of unsafe abortion; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; prevention, detection and treatment for reproductive cancers, especially cervical cancer; fertility care and fertility treatment;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Points out that in the least- developed countries six out of ten girls do not attend secondary education, and that early school leaving involves children from rural areas in particular, all the more so in least-developed countries affected by armed conflict, for example in Mali or Burkina Faso as a result of Islamist terrorism, and stresses that local communities must therefore be involved in awareness-raising beyond the immediate school environment and that cooperation with national health systems, where they are sufficiently functional, is essential;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that safe and
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that safe and legal abortion care is anchored in women’s health and rights; warns about the worrying backlash
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that safe and legal abortion care is anchored in women’s health and rights; warns about the worrying backlash on women’s rights over their bodies
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that safe and legal abortion care is anchored in women’s and adolescent girls' health and rights; warns about the worrying backlash on women’s rights over their bodies in both developing countries and the EU; stresses the need for the full implementation of the Maputo Protocol, especially Article 14;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that safe
Amendment 58 #
5a. Stresses, however, that according to the World Health Organization 270 million women in the world aged between 15 and 49 have no access to contraception, even though they consider that they need it, and that access to contraception, including forms of contraception that also provide protection against sexually transmitted diseases, is of paramount importance for women living in developing and least-developed countries, and that it is also necessary to improve the provision of information about and screening for certain diseases, such as HIV and cervical cancer, for women in developing countries, in particular those living in rural areas far away from healthcare facilities, and notes that, according to UN Aids, cervical cancer is the main cause of cancer-related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa and that 85% of deaths from cervical cancer occur in low- or middle- income countries;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries; believes that in order to ensure that no one is left behind the SRHR thematic policy area of GAPIII should ensure that no woman or girl is discriminated because of her belonging to a particular social class, ethnicity, religion, race or disability group; notes that regional and local administrations, in their role of administrations closest to citizens and civil society, can play a key role to ensure that no one is left behind when implementing the SRHR thematic policy of GAP III;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries, and address the limited access to SRHR of the most disadvantaged women, such as women with disabilities, indigenous and women belonging to minorities and women refugees; calls on the EU and the Member States to prepare “country-level implementation plans” prioritising SRHR, applying measurable indicators and monitoring mechanisms, and further requests EU Delegations to support civil society organisations and women’ movements asking for a legal safe and free abortion;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries; underlines the importance of strengthening the promotion of the right of every individual to have full control over, and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries in line with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries, in particular as a result of the disruption of national health systems;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for increased efforts to enable girls who become mothers to return to school and complete their education; stresses the need to combat the stigmatisation of these girls;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Points out that there is a taboo surrounding periods and that this has consequences for girls’ education, as schools do not have the right facilities and services; calls for efforts to reduce absenteeism among girls during their periods, by improving menstrual hygiene facilities in schools, in particular WASH services, and by combating stigmatisation;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls for the potential of communication tools such as radio, television and the telephone, and also digital tools, including social networks and messaging services, to be exploited to improve young people’s access to sexuality education, and in particular their awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and the risks associated with early pregnancies; considers that this will entail addressing gender inequalities in access to digital services, as well as cyber- bullying and violence against women and girls on the internet;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU and the Member States to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in its development cooperation policy and external action instruments, such as the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument; requests to include a gender-equality perspective in the EU and Member States’ humanitarian aid response, and a perspective on SRHR, as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a basic need for people in humanitarian settings;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in its development cooperation policy, and draws attention to the urgent need to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, in particular when it affects women, and more generally in developing countries, particularly in some countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in its development cooperation policy; reiterates its call for at least 85% of ODA funded programmes, in the NDICI, to have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a significant objective, as defined by the OECD-DAC;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in its development cooperation policy; stresses that it is essential to ensure that development cooperation policy involves civil society organisations which are directly implicated in the defence of SRHR in developing countries;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in its development cooperation policy; in this regard, asks the European Commission, the EEAS and Member States to consider SRHR as apriority in the EU programming process, including in joint programming;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the EU to facilitate the integration of comprehensive programmes on SRHR into national strategies and policies of partner countries as recommended by the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and SDG 5;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that SRHR services should be
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that SRHR services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth-friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including during conflicts and disasters; deplores, in that connection, the fact that the excessive focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been less severe than expected in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, has in some respects severely disrupted certain health programmes, concerning in particular access to contraception and trained midwives, and points out that 66% of the women who died in or following childbirth in 2017 lived in sub-Saharan Africa;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that SRHR services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth-friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including during conflicts and disasters; calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce its gender equality perspective in its humanitarian actions; recalls with concern that most unmet needs for sexual and reproductive health services are among adolescents, unmarried people, LGBTIQ people, persons with disabilities, minority ethnic groups, and the rural and urban poor;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that SRHR services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth-friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including during conflicts and disasters, and to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that SRHR services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth-friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including in humanitarian settings, during conflicts and disasters;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Points out that in sub-Saharan Africa women are more likely to be infected with HIV, making them even more vulnerable to cervical cancer; stresses the need to include a gender dimension in public health policies and awareness-raising campaigns, in order to take proper account of diseases that particularly affect women and girls;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls upon Member States to counter discrimination in SRHR services and use an intersectional approach to make sure that women and girls, with or without trans experience, non-binary persons, lesbian, bisexual and intersex women have equal access to SRH services and rights;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls upon Member States to work towards an EU wide and global ban of so called conversion therapy as it is a harmful practice that violates the fundamental rights of LBTI women and girls;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Points out that women and girls are particularly exposed to rape and sexual violence in crisis-affected areas, including in the context of conflicts, natural disasters and the consequences of climate change; calls on the EU to step up the fight against the use of rape as a weapon of war and to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health services for rape victims;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates its call on both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States to commit to the pro
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates its call on both parties of the new agreement between the EU and
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates its call on both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States to commit to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of SRHR free from discrimination, coercion and violence and to the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action; calls on the Commission to take into account SRHR when negotiating and enforcing human rights clauses in trade agreements;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates its call on both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States to commit to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of SRHR free from discrimination, coercion and violence, including among the population groups most remote from healthcare services, in particular in rural areas, and to the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates its call on both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States to commit to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of SRHR free from discrimination, coercion and violence and to the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action and the outcomes of its review conferences;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the need to ensure access to adequate WASH infrastructure in schools to ensure sexual and reproductive health, whether in relation to contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases or menstrual hygiene.
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation -1 (new) -1 having regard to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) - having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the defence of life and health, being core values, define human freedom and dignity;
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;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas human freedom in the defence of health and life has its origin in the will of someone who has previously decided on our own existence;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the logic of the majority does not legitimise the ethics of any practice such as abortion;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the Member States have sole competence in matters related to specific health issues and reproductive issues, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity confirmed in the Treaty on European Union;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas vague, undefined or euphemistic and/or contradictory expressions or nomenclatures cannot be used for the so-called 'sexual and reproductive rights' where what is openly meant is the right to abortion, contraception and loss of freedom for doctors who will not be able to invoke conscientious objection;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) Ag. whereas currently no international consensus exists that legitimises the definition of 'sexual and reproductive rights' and whereas it is not possible surreptitiously to impose it de facto within the law;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A h (new) A h. whereas metalanguage such as the 'gender perspective' and stereotypes such as 'male violence' are being used to accentuate the victimisation of women, thus undermining their freedom in taking decisions on defending the family and the right to life;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B 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),
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an umbrella term for various issues affecting men, women, boys and girls alike, and representing four separate areas: sexual health, sexual rights, reproductive health and reproductive rights, 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,
Amendment 112 #
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 ; Emphasises thereby the importance of greater awareness around 'honour' crimes in the EU; notes that the majority of such crimes usually go unreported and are in most cases committed against girls and women; _________________ 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
Amendment 113 #
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, privacy and personal autonomy respected;
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
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
Amendment 116 #
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;
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
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas this draft report's approach takes a biased and reductionist viewpoint based on an individualistic interpretation of sexuality which fails to pay due attention to the mutual love and decision-making capacity inherent within a couple;
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;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to the European Social Charter of 18 October 1961,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. whereas a child is a gift rather than a right or a product and whereas the desire to have a child is insufficient justification for certain artificial means of creating life;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) B c. whereas the binary sexual difference between men and women is necessarily complementary in creating a new life;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas so-called sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the concept of SRH was put forward at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994, where reproductive health was defined as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system, and to its functions and processes” and the reproductive rights as ‘Certain human rights that are already recognised in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus documents’;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas all the human rights enshrined by the European Union since its foundation are anchored in natural law and a timeless Judaeo-Christian and Greco-Roman tradition;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) C b. whereas intelligence is the natural power of human beings that enables them to assimilate the reality and truth of things while maintaining the order and internal sense behind the axioms that constitute the rule of law safeguarded within the European project;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) C b. whereas health is not a direct competence of the European Union but cooperation between Member States takes place through the Open Method of Coordination;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) D c. whereas Natural Law is the foundation of human and fundamental rights and whereas these rights must be answerable to the former as guarantors of positive law; whereas all human beings have natural rights, such as the right to life, as a function of their own condition; whereas, therefore, no rule, ideology or social or political current may invoke these rights to contravene them, since they are a building block of the singular, unique human condition;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) C c. whereas the European Union has direct competence to act in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in external action; whereas the European Union does not have direct competence to act in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights within the Union; whereas the European Parliament invites and encourages Member States to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for all;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) C d. whereas life is a prerequisite for any right; whereas the right to life is the primary and foremost human right as it is answerable to natural law and forms the basis for the exercise of all other human and fundamental rights;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 136 #
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,
Amendment 137 #
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
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violations of
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted on 25 September 2015 and entered into force on 1 January 2016, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 5, 16 and
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;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas abortion on demand makes the unborn child the property of the mother, who thus has power of life or death over the baby as if it were a mere object of desire;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) D b. whereas SRHR is a primary condition for gender equality; whereas it is their body, their choice, and full autonomy should be guaranteed;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) D c. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are targets for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, and whereas gender-based violence and harmful practices are targets for SDG 5;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest S
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRH standards in the world,
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted on 25 September 2015 and entered into force on 1 January 2016, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 5 and 16, and the related indicators,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of
Amendment 151 #
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, including in the context of legal gender recognition, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female and intersex genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include:
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles can include, among others, obstacles of a legal, financial, cultural and information nature, such as: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, difficulties accessing goods necessary for SRHR, 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;
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
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;
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
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,
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;
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;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966 (Article 6(1): ‘Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life’),
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;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas the family, as a natural society, existed before the state or any other community, and has its own inalienable rights;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. whereas the family constitutes, above and beyond a legal, social and economic unit, a community of love and solidarity in which generations live side by side, and whereas it is irreplaceable for the teaching and transmission of the cultural, ethical, social and spiritual values which are essential for the development and well-being of its own members and society at large;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. whereas in certain circumstances transgender men and non-binary persons may also undergo pregnancy and should, in such cases, benefit from measures for pregnancy and birth-related care without discrimination on the basis of their gender identity;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the unavailability of scientifically accurate
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;
Amendment 168 #
G. whereas the unavailability of scientifically accurate information violates the rights of individuals
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas advertising, the media, digital media and social networks can provide content that is unsuitable for the various cicles of maturity of children and can encourage inappropriate behaviour that is, furthermore, leading to the hypersexualisation of society;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas if abortion proponents are unclear on whether a fetus in utero is a human being, they can consult any medical text book;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas there is an urgent need for comprehensive sex education that encompasses all dimensions of human nature: physical, mental, emotional/affective and spiritual;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 173 #
H. whereas the
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
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes:
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes:
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive and evidence-based sexuality education; information and counselling on modern contracepti
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
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes:
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
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas life's inherent logic entails the assertion that we cannot deny anyone the life that no one has denied us;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas comprehensive
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas comprehensive
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the success of comprehensive sexuality education
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas SRH includes menstrual hygiene and sanitation as well as systemic and socio-economic factors of stigmatisation,discrimination linked to menstruation; whereas period poverty, which refers to the limited access to sanitary products, affects about 1 in 10 women in Europe, and is exacerbated by a gender-biased taxation on menstrual hygiene products in the EU; whereas shame, untreated menstrual pain and discriminatory traditions lead to school drop outs and lower attendance rates of girls at school and women at work; whereas existing negative attitudes and myths surrounding menstruation influence reproductive health decisions; whereas understanding the links between menstrual hygiene and maternal morbidity, mortality and infertility, STI/HIV and cervical cancer can support early detection and safe lives;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas the concept of health refers first and foremost to the protection and defence of human life in all circumstances with a view to the full development of the various dimensions of the individual in question;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) I b. whereas modern contraception plays a key role in achieving gender equality and preventing unintended pregnancies as well as realising the right of individuals to make decisions about their family choices by proactively and responsibly planning the number, timing and spacing of their children; whereas certain methods of modern contraception also reduce incidence of HIV/STIs, whereas access to it is still hindered by practical, financial, social and cultural barriers, including myths surrounding contraception, outdated attitudes towards female sexuality and contraception, as well as a stereotypical perception of women being the only ones responsible for contraception;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the declaration of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989, which lays down in its Preamble that ‘the child ... needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth’,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas some Member States still have highly restrictive 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; affecting women’s and girls’ rights to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non-discrimination, health, and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas some Member States still have laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances,
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas some Member States still have laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances,
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas some Member States
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) J a. whereas every human being is obliged and duty-bound to be aware of the extent of their acts and responsibility for them and cannot absolve themselves of their responsibilities, just as under the rule of law ignorance of the law does not exempt people from compliance with it;
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;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) J a. whereas several Member States are attempting to limit access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through highly-restrictive laws which lead to gender discrimination and negative consequences for women’s health;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 — having regard to Article 168(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that Union action shall respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of their health policy and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas even when abortion is legally available,
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas abortion laws are based on national legislation; whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing it;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas even when abortion is legally available,
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) K a. whereas causing the death of the unborn child in the mother's womb can never constitute the exercise of human freedom since it goes against its very nature;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) K b. whereas human beings seek self- realisation in the form of the pursuit of happiness; whereas the latter constitutes the development of human virtues and of their principles, values and capacities, which is the path to personal fulfilment;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) D c. whereas the defence of life from conception to natural death is the manifestation of the full solidarity of a civilisation that will not let itself be vanquished by fear and despair;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth; and access to evidence-based, quality and affordable maternity care is
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth and evidence-based maternity care
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth and evidence-based maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care is a human right;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas the most vulnerable and marginalised people face additional barriers, discrimination and violence in accessing healthcare, including people belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, Roma people, people coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, people without health insurance, people living in rural areas, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ people, victims of violence, etc.;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas infertility and subfertility are affecting one in six people in Europe, are a global public health issue and there is a need to reduce inequalities in access to fertility information and treatments, and prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, health or marital status;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas to fight for life is not to give in to difficulties: death, suffering or one's own fear;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) L b. whereas SRHR are human rights and must be upheld by EU Member States, in line with international human rights standards; whereas respect for human rights is necessary for a democracy to function; whereas human rights, democracy and the rule of law are all interdependent; whereas all these EU values must be fully respected by all EU Member States;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) K b. whereas under the principle of non-contradiction one cannot be and not be at the same time. One cannot defend life and health while legitimising a decision at odds with it such as abortion;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas SRHR issues
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) M a. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to strengthen the resilience of health systems to such crises, with a specific focus on ensuring that SRH services continue to be fully available, that Member States do not instrumentalize the crisis to deprioritize or purposefully undermine access to these services;
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;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) M a. whereas the image of motherhood and the family has been devalued in our society;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) M b. whereas the best way to protect against the expectant mother and the child's vulnerability entails recognition of the existence of two persons with dignity and rights from the moment of conception: the mother and the child; the unborn child is a subject with full rights and freedoms that contributes to the woman's full self-realisation in her maternal dimension with a view to ensuring her happiness;
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;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights; whereas the unavailability of doctors and the subsequent possible discontinuation of pregnancy termination services and of contraceptive prescriptions due to containment measures has had severe implications for women’s fundamental right to bodily autonomy;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December 1979,
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas the current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the population’s health as a whole, women are not only affected by the direct health threat but also adversely through the reallocation of resources and priorities, including SRH services and this reversion of resources may result in increased rates of unintended pregnancies, higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, as well as a spike in sexually transmitted disease and HIV;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas, according to the Charter, the ECHR and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life and dignity, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, the right to access healthcare, the right to privacy, the right to education and the prohibition of discrimination;
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;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas human freedom ceases to be human and freedom when one inflicts effective damage on oneself and/or others, as in the case of abortion and violence of conscience on the part of the doctor who swore in the Hippocratic oath to defend life and protect good health. This 'health' law does not seek to ensure everything works correctly but rather wishes for it to cease functioning;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas some member states that have legalized abortion on request or broad social grounds nonetheless still maintain specific criminal sanctions for abortions performed outside of the scope of applicable legal provisions; Whereas still there are six countries in Europe retaining highly restrictive abortion laws;
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;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) N b. Whereas ethnic minority, including black women and migrant women experience intersecting discrimination in relation to their enjoyment of SRHR resulting in higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity; whereas research has shown that black women are 5 times more likely to die during childbirth than white women1a ; whereas there is a lack of substantive data around the issue of obstetric violence towards racialised women in Europe; _________________ 1a https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/assets/downloa ds/mbrrace-uk/reports/MBRRACE- UK%20Maternal%20Report%202019%20 -%20WEB%20VERSION.pdf
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) N b. recalls that sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and wellbeing of individuals, couples and families, in addition to the social and economic development of communities and countries, and that access to health, including sexual and reproductive health, is a human right; whereas providing some form of sexuality and health education is already mandatory in a majority of Member States;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) N b. whereas the European Parliament has addressed sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in its newly adopted position at first reading on the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) to ensure timely access to goods that are needed for the safe provision of SRHR (e.g medicines, contraceptives and medical equipment);
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) N b. whereas numerous reports show that, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, SRHR services were limited and/or revoked, and there is a disruption in access to essential medical services such as contraception and abortion care, HIV and STI testingand reproductive cancer screenings, and respectful maternal healthcare;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) - having regard to Article 6 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) of 3 May 2008,
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) N b. whereas privacy and respect for the private sphere directly affect the dignity of individuals and their concept of freedom;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N c (new) N c. Whereas Roma women continue to face systemic and persistent discrimination and grave violations of their sexual and reproductive rights, including ethnic segregation in reproductive health care settings, exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, and psychological violence and racial harassment, and denial of access to justice and reparations for historic practices of forced and coercive sterilization;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N c (new) N c. whereas there is a persisting effort to instrumentalize the COVID-19 health crisis as a pretext to adopt further restrictive measures in SRHR and that has a broad and long-term negative effect on the exercise of the fundamental right to health, gender equality andfight against discrimination and gender-based violence and is putting the well-being, health and lives of women and girls at risk;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N d (new) N d. whereas women with disabilities experience discrimination and violations of SRHR in many countries as a result of laws and policies that allow coercive sexual and reproductive health care practices and failures to ensure reasonable accommodation in access to quality care and information and whereas women with disabilities are also at higher risk of violence and abuse;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N e (new) N e. whereas adolescents often face barriers in relation to SRHR due to lack of youth-friendly services;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N f (new) N f. whereas pregnant people experience various forced and coercive medical interventions during childbirth, including physical and verbal abuse, suturing of birth injuries without pain relief, and disregard for their decisions and lack of respect for their informed consent, that may amount to violence and cruel and inhuman treatment;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Forging a consensus and addressing
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Forging a consensus
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services within the exercise of its policies and competences and with due regard to subsidiarity, 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;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote universal access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of high-quality, comprehensive and affordable SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full access to SRHR;
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
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
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls the EU commitment to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the right of every individual and of every woman and girl to have full control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and sexual and reproductive rights, free from discrimination, coercion and violence 1a’; _________________ 1a EU Council conclusions ‘EU priorities at the United Nations and the 75th United Nations GeneralAssembly, September 2020-September 2021'
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Invites the Member States to ensure policies for the defence of life in line with the provisions defending human rights enshrined in the United Nations Charter and the related legislation, treaties and conventions;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls the importance of continuing best practices and finding innovative ways to provide SRHR services, including telemedicine, online consultations and access to early medical abortion from home;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Recalls that the widely accepted constitutional right to freedom of conscience must be respected when any individual considers that the most intimate convictions of their conscience are being violated;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Stresses the need for a positive and proactive approach to healthcare throughout the lifecycle;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Urges the Member States to draw up reports expressing the harmful effects of the abortion process on women on an emotional, psychological, emotional and spiritual level with a view to safeguarding their mental, physical and psychological health;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Invites the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to respect the Member States' internal rules on health-related rights and to draw attention to process for managing pain and suffering based on human love, solidarity and charity towards people;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Upholds the universal human right to conscientious objection together with the responsibility of the state to ensure that patients are able to access lawful medical care in a timely manner, in particular in cases of emergency pre- natal and maternal health care; recalls that no person, hospital or institution should be coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accept, assist with or submit to an abortion or any act which could cause the death of a human foetus or embryo, for any reason;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Encourages Member States to exercise their exclusive competence under the principle of subsidiarity in matters concerning health and sexuality, striving to protect human rights, in particular the right to health, and ensuring that the principle of non-regression is upheld;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR; to focus on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and provide the necessary means to allow everyone, without exception, to enjoy sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences and national legislation in the field of health, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls in that context for regular exchanges and promotion of good practices between Member States and stakeholders on the gender aspects of health to be facilitated, including on sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reaffirms that SRHR are key for gender equality, the elimination of gender-based violence, economic growth and development, child protection, elimination of human trafficking and poverty;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls upon the Member States to address the persisting challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls upon the Member States to address the persisting challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls upon the Member States to address the challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR and ensure that peer- reviewed medical studies are carried out to see if any medical benefit or harm results from this access, as no studies to date have proven any benefit, which would ensure that no person is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls upon the Member States to address the challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR using an intersectional approach and ensure that no person is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that all SRHR policies
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges the importance of public information on SRHR; Recalls that all policies relating to SRHR should be founded on reliable and objective evidence from organisations such as WHO, other UN agencies and the Council of Europe;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that all policies relating to SRHR should be founded on reliable and objective evidence
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that the EU and its Member States continue to face an economic and financial crisis, exacerbated by COVID-19, and that the measures that the EU institutions have imposed on the Member States over the years through the EU's economic governance policies and 'financial assistance' programmes have had adverse effects, felt particularly keenly by women, on public health services, including those related to sexual and reproductive health, in terms of both quality and accessibility, and to family planning; that these adverse effects have had serious repercussions on labour and social rights, curtailing women's economic independence in a civilisational backsliding on women's rights;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reaffirms the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights call on its member states11 to guarantee sufficient budgetary provision for SRHR and ensure the availability of adequate human resources across all levels of the health system, in both urban and rural areas; identify and address legal, policy and financial barriers that impede access to good quality SRH care and integrate SRHR services into existing public health insurance, subsidisation or reimbursement schemes in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage; _________________ 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-europe
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses the negative effects of the so-called “tampon tax” on gender equality; Calls upon the Member States to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax” by applying a 0% VAT rate on menstrual hygiene products and ensuring that this tax cut is effectively benefitting the consumers;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing sufficient budgetary provision for women’s sexual and reproductive health and ensuring the availability of adequate human resources and necessary goods across all levels of the health system, in both urban and rural areas;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls the views endorsed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which recommended trans- specific healthcare such as hormonal treatment and surgery to be accessible and reimbursed by public health insurance schemes;1a _________________ 1aCDDH Report on the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, ¶130, accessible at https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_det ails.aspx?ObjectId=09000016809f9ba0
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. While the Union´s action in the field of health is limited, the Union should support Member States in reducing health inequalities and in achieving health coverage in the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, while addressing the challenges of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Stresses that in the time of the COVID-19 induced health crisis, it is essential that universalaccess to SRHR is guaranteed, in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Emphasises that the Union can support the Member States in preparing their health systems for emerging technologies to ensure the most cutting- edge and emerging treatments and diagnostic methods are available, allowing patients to fully benefit from the digital revolution; Stresses the need to fully utilise Horizon Europe and Digital Europe to further these priorities;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Highlights that the European Union can support Member State actions to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services and related medicinal products, including in the global market, and to support integrated and intersectional approaches to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. 6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee enjoyment and universal access to a full range of high-quality SRHR services; regardless of financial, practical and social barriers, and free from discrimination, with special consideration for marginalised groups of women including but not limited to women from ethnic, racial and religious minorities in Europe, migrant women, women from rural areas, women with disabilities, women without health insurance, LGBTI persons, victims of sexual and gender- based violence etc.;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee enjoyment and universal access to a full range of
Amendment 299 #
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 services, including facilitating access to fertility treatment for EU citizens, particularly in the outermost regions, where geographical constraints prevent direct and immediate access to such services;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 — having regard to Articles 5, 6 & 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 Amendment 300 #
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 services in line with international health standards;
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
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that stereotypes and taboo surrounding menstruation remain widespread in our societies, and that these can delay diagnosis of diseases such as the endometriosis disease, which despite affecting 1 women on 10 of reproductive age, being the first cause of women's infertility, causing chronic pelvic pain, has a median delay of 8 years for its diagnosis and for which there is no cure ; Calls on Member states to ensure comprehensive and scientifically accurate education about menstruation, to raise awareness and to launch major information campaigns on endometriosis targeting the public, healthcare professionals and legislators, and to invest on research about the causes and treatments of this disease;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that equity in access, quality of care and accountability in regards to healthcare, including SRH related illness such as STIs, HIV/AIDS, reproductive cancers and hepatitis among others, are fundamental in respect of human rights; further emphasises that services, commodities and facilities need to be of quality, sufficiently available and respect medical ethics, and to be culturally appropriate and responsive to gender and life course requirements; stresses the need to cater to the specific needs of diverse population groups, with respect for confidentiality and informed consent, and that services should be scientifically and medically appropriate and of good quality;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Reminds that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision and a universal, legal, safe and barrier-free access to high-quality and affordable healthcare services has to be provided to all persons, with special consideration to the most vulnerable and marginalised people, including people belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, Roma people, people coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, people without health insurance, people living in rural areas, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ people, victims of violence, etc.;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasises the importance of illness prevention through education; Further stresses the importance of vaccinations in illness prevention where vaccinations exist; calls therefore for the Member States and the European Commission to extend the EU purchase of vaccines to combat COVID-19 to the purchase of the HPV vaccine, ensuring that every young person in Europe can avail of this vaccine;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Member States to consider the health impact of COVID-19 through a gender-lens and ensure the continuing of provision of a full range of SRH services in all circumstances (e.g. lockdown), as well as direct additional efforts and resources to rebuild a health system which recognizes that SRHR are essential for the health and wellbeing of women and girls;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the Member States should adopt a public health policy that places special emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention by ensuring free, universal and high-quality healthcare and the resources required to combat the main public health problems;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps towards the collection of voluntary and anonymous data regarding SRHR including access to services and maternal mortality, disaggregated by gender, age and racial and ethnic origin;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to establish protocols for monitoring the optimal health of women at various stages of their lives;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) — having regard to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-34/10 (‘Oliver Brüstle v. Greenpeace eV’), which stated that as a matter of scientific fact a new human life begins at conception, and that the human embryo constitutes a precise stage in the development of the human body,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Urges the Commission to make full use of its competence in Health policy and to support Member States in guaranteeing universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights SRHR in the framework of the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”);
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Urges the Member States to collect reliable, disaggregated and robust statistics on all SRHR services so as to ensure that all women are getting the same access to high-quality services and to detect and address possible differences in outcomes;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with prior, personal and fully informed consent;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on Member States to without delay prohibit and take effective measures to prevent all forms discrimination against racialised women including the ethnic segregation in health facilities and to guarantee universal access to quality sexual and reproductive health care free from discrimination, coercion and abuse and to address, remedy and prevent human rights violations affecting them;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that any health-related medical intervention and treatment must be accompanied by comprehensive information provided by a specialist medical practitioner setting out the procedure to be followed and the detailed risks and benefits, and formalised through informed consent;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Reaffirms its call on Member States to adopt legislation ensuring that intersex persons are not subjected to non- vital medical or surgical treatment during infancy or childhood, and that their right to bodily integrity, autonomy, self- determination and informed consent is fully respected;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to take into consideration specific health needs related to SRHR such as infertility, menopause, specific reproductive cancers; Calls on the Commission to provide information as to the contribution of EU programmes to advancing and supporting reproductive health;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls upon the Member States to provide all necessary rehabilitation services and support mechanisms, including requisite mental and physical health care, to all women who face, or have faced in the past, violations of their SRHR;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses the importance of close examination of fertility in the EU and the prevalence of infertility, which for many families and persons is a difficult and painful reality; stresses the need to take a holistic approach, taking fertility and infertility into consideration jointly, including prevention (incidence of STIs and tubal infertility, the roles of comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education and SRH services, combined with public awareness) and equality of access to services (ensuring the removal of barriers to treatment within countries leading to an increase in cross-border reproductive care, where necessary, and the further development of safe and cost-effective new technologies, based on ethical medicine);
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Is deeply concerned that women and girls with disabilities are far too often denied access to facilities in the area of sexual and reproductive health, denied informed consent regarding the use of contraceptives and that they even face the risk of forced sterilisation; Calls on the Member States to implement legislative measures that safeguard physical integrity, freedom of choice and self- determination with regard to the sexual and reproductive life of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Emphasises that environmental change can be detrimental to future fertility; stresses the need to consider the impacts of environmental change on SRHR, including pollution of water and air, and an increase in the consumption of chemicals; asks that this be further examined through Horizon Europe and addressed through the European Green Deal;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 a (new) Access to safe, fair & circular menstrual products for all
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Urges Member States to ensure the widespread availability of toxic-free and reusable menstrual products in particular in large retailer outlets and pharmacies across the country (at least in the same proportion to single-use items), accompanied with awareness raising measures on the benefits of reusable menstrual products compared to single- use ones;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to period education programs in schools, for all primary and secondary school children, so that menstruators can make informed choices about their period and body, including understanding all kinds of menstrual products and their associated environmental, health and social impacts;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Urges Member States to tackle menstrual poverty by ensuring that free period products are available to anyone who needs them;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the supervision of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which recommended that eugenic abortion be abolished: ‘The Committee recommends that the State party abolish the distinction made in Act 2/2010 in the period allowed under law within which a pregnancy can be terminated based solely on disability’,
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading a Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights the importance of comprehensive sexuality education for all, and in particular for young people as an important element of shaping lives free from coercion, stereotypes, and gender- based violence; underlines the importance of comprehensive and non-discriminatory sexuality education to promote and ensure the rights of women and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to ensure universal access to scientifically accurate, evidence-based, age-appropriate, non- judgemental and comprehensive sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to ensure access to scientifically accurate and
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to ensure
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
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to respect the right of parents to teach their own values and beliefs, provided that they are in strict compliance with the human rights enshrined in natural law and respect for life; to establish programmes consistent with children’s maturity at a given stage in their development, respecting their childhood innocence, purity and modesty and preventing early sexuality, which disorients children, including the threat of reprehensible situations such as paedophilia; to promote teaching of the free and conscious relationship between people based on the affection, love, responsibility and respect for intimacy that can give birth to a new life;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and education, including comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education, with respect of the Member States’ competences and practices; emphasises that this can significantly contribute to reducing sexual violence and harassment, complemented through EU funding and projects enhancing cooperation and coordination of public health policies, and the development and dissemination of good practices;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls that the provision of comprehensive sexuality education is one of the main instruments for achieving the commitments on the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25), namely zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths, zero gender-based violence and harmful practices against women, girls and youth;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises the need to provide comprehensive and age appropriate sexual and relationship education as lack of information and education about sex and sexuality may result in higher rates of unintended pregnancies and SRH related illnesses;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Strongly reiterates that access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information about sex and sexuality and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including sexuality education, family planning, contraceptive methods, is essential for the creation of a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, in addition to the possibility of having safe sexual experiences, free from coercion, discrimination and violence; encourages all Member States to introduce comprehensive age-appropriate sexuality and relationship education for young people in schools;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls upon the Member States to reject and combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR, as it endangers all persons, especially women, LGBTI persons and young people; Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; Calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls upon the Member States to combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR, and to enhance safeguards of the right to reproductive health through public health services;
Amendment 348 #
9. Calls upon the Member States to ensure the right to comprehensive sexuality education, as it is the most important way to combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls upon the Member States and the media to combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) — having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 2(1): ‘No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which the penalty is provided by law'),
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for recognition of access to various sources of truthful and scientific information that can inform debate and thinking in respect of the WHO's guidelines;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Condemns any backlash against sexuality education and any attempt to misinform, stigmatise or ban sexuality education;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Member States to recognise the educational irresponsibility of the media in exposing children and young people to content that is not appropriate to their age, such as pornography;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading b Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading b Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure free access to contraceptive methods, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health; calls on the Member States to ensure the availability of family planning consultations covering, inter alia, procreation, antenatal matters, parenting techniques and infertility;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure
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;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a range of contraceptive methods, allowing women in collaboration with their doctors to choose the method that best suits them, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health and the right of choice;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States to promote natural fertility recognition as an orderly way for people to have the greatest possible expression of propioceptive and ecological knowledge of their own body, as well as enabling them to make conscious, free and responsible decisions about their behaviour;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Urges the Member States to provide accurate information on the undesirable side-effects and effectiveness of contraceptive methods which encourage a mistaken perception of their fertility and lead them into irresponsible behaviour;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Calls on the Member States to recognise that disconnecting sexual relations from their natural consequence of creating life trivialises them;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that contraception is covered under national
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that contraception is
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls upon the Member States to establish awareness-raising programmes and campaigns, including comprehensive targeted information on modern contraceptive choice and the full range of contraceptives, and to provide high- quality modern contraceptive service delivery and counselling by healthcare professionals, including emergency contraception without prescription, which is often denied by doctors on the grounds of personal beliefs;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) — having regard to the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (Resolution 2856 (XXVI) of the UN General Assembly of 20 December 1971),
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Recalls that Member States and public authorities have a responsibility to provide evidence-based, accurate information about contraception and establish awareness-raising programmes and strategies to tackle and dispel barriers, myths, stigma and misconceptions;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Member States to see to it that the vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is administered free of charge to all women;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Urges the Member States to investigate the reason for the high rates of infertility and the business surrounding it;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading c Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Highlights that access to abortion care, together with access to contraception, is one of the pillars of women’s freedom and of gender equality, and welcomes the development in countries where access is being improved and obstacles, such as mandatory counselling, waiting periods, and so called ´conscience´ clauses which lead to denial of care based on personal beliefs, are being removed, and welcomes the development in countries such as Ireland where the right to abortion care has been introduced;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading c a (new) Urges the Member States to ensure that abortion cannot in any way be regarded as a fundamental right or be assimilated to a human right;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 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
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Reaffirms that abortion must always be a voluntary decision based on a
Amendment 379 #
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
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 Amendment 380 #
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 free access to safe and legal abortion;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Re
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Urges the Member States not to allow the concept of sexual and reproductive health to be used to refer to the practice of abortion;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls that abortion should not be considered and used as an emergency contraceptive method;
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;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Member States to recognise that the concept of reproductive health must necessarily be linked to fertility;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Urges the Member States to reiterate the right of every woman to continue her pregnancy;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Calls on the Member States not to contradict each other by supporting conflicting rights, such as the right to continue a pregnancy and the right to abortion;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Urges the Member States to stress recognition of the role of fathers in decisions concerning their own children, especially when those children's lives are at stake;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Declaration on the Rights of the Unborn Child of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of 6 October 1979 (The child that is to be born shall have from the moment of conception all the rights set out in this Declaration),
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Calls on the Member States not to mask the nature of abortion by describing it as a procedure, when in fact it is nothing other than cruel, inhuman and degrading torture for both child and mother;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 g (new) 12g. Calls on the Member States to acknowledge that the right to patient autonomy can never constitute a form of aggression against their integrity, as is the case with abortion;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 h (new) 12h. Urges the Member States to require, in every single case, that informed consent is obtained by means of a doctor providing full and detailed information in which the procedure to be followed and the consequences of taking this irreversible decision are explained;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Urges the Member States to regulate obstacles to legal abortion, and
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;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Urges the Member States to decriminalise and 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;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Urges the Member States to re
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to the decision of the CEDAW Committee in the case S.F.M. v. Spain of 28 February2020, UN. Doc. CEDAW/C/76/D/188/2018,
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Urges the Member States to
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in guaranteeing universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, including abortion; urges the Commission to guarantee SRHR by including abortion rights in the next EU Health Strategy;
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;
Amendment 403 #
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 at the minimum that abortion at a woman’s request is legal in early pregnancy and
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 405 #
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 and any pregnant person's request is legal in early pregnancy and even beyond if the
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines that all the rights afforded to women by law regarding abortion care must apply to all persons undergoing pregnancy, including transgender and non-binary persons, without discrimination on grounds of their gender identity or gender expression and in line with international human rights practices;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Highlights the danger to women’s life, rights and access to abortion care that some member states have initialised through allowing medical professions, and sometimes whole medical institutions, to make use of so called ´conscience´ clauses to deny care, which often seriously hinder women’s access to abortion care;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on those Member states that have not done so yet to remove abortion care legislation from the penal code, and adopt legislation that firmly places abortion care in a framework of human rights and health, and progresses towards universal access;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) - having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 18 October 2017 on promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people,
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading d Maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care for all
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading d Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women and pregnant persons have access to affordable, evidence-based maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to quality, affordable, evidence-based maternity care, based on respect;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Member States to better protect new mothers and fathers, including by increasing periods of leave, taking into account the World Health Organization recommendation that children be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives, and ensuring that these periods of leave are remunerated at 100%, with no loss of earnings; calls for women to have the right, once their maternity leave ends, to reduce their working hours so that they can breastfeed their child until it is at least two years old, and for practical measures to be taken to ensure this protection, alongside investment in the establishment of a free public network of early childcare and education services;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Notes the current common practice among medical practitioners in some Member States to refuse to provide health services on the basis of conscience clause also in situations when delay could endanger patient’s life or health; and that this conscience clause also hinders the access to prenatal screening which is not only a violation of women’s right to information on the condition of the foetus but also in many cases obstructs the successful treatment of a child during pregnancy or immediately after;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recalls that the WHO European region has the lowest instance of breastfeeding in the world; Highlights the need for greater awareness and information on the benefits of breastfeeding; calls on the Member States and the European Commission initiate high-profile campaigns to stress the benefits of breastfeeding;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Urges the Member States to recognise the right of the unborn child not to be deprived of its natural development and to respect its right to life;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Member States and the EU to protect the woman and the unborn child so that they can continue the pregnancy independently of adverse circumstances and with the support of institutions and mechanisms that can be established under the rule of law in defence of individuals, including family- defence policies;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission to develop common EU standards in maternal healthcare and to facilitate best practice sharing amongst experts in the field;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Calls on the Member States to recognise the close bond between mother and child resulting intrauterine life and the medical, legal and existential dilemmas arising from surrogacy;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls upon the Member States to strongly condemn and combat physical and verbal abuse, including gynaecological and obstetric violence,
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls upon the Member States to
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new) Access to fertility treatments
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 1 (new) - Provision of SRHR services during the COVID-19 pandemic and in all other crisis related circumstances
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) - having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 22 April 2015 on discrimination against transgender people in Europe,
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on Members States to tackle infertility and subfertility as public health issues affecting both women and men, by ensuring responsiveness of reproductive healthcare services to the shifting needs of women, couples and families, taking a rights-based, inclusive and non- discriminatory approach, in particular by making medically assisted procreation, in accordance with appropriate ethical guidelines and medical standards, widely available, affordable and accessible in Europe;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care must be equally accessible to all persons undergoing pregnancy without discrimination of any kind, notably on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls upon Member States to encourage and ensure that healthcare providers have training in women’s human rights and principles of free and informed consent and informed choice in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls upon Member States to ensure that all persons of reproductive age have access to fertility treatments regardless of their socio-economic circumstances, marital status, gender identity or sexual orientation;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses that the EU4Health should be gender mainstreamed, to take into account gender bias and to develop a gender sensitive approach to disease awareness, screening, diagnosis and treatment;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the EU to propose that the unborn child has full legal personality in national laws so that it has full protection of its human rights;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Urges the Member States to require compliance with the human right of non-discrimination against the unborn child; calls on the Member States to reject explicit eugenic practices resulting from embryonic genetic selection;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls upon Member States to ensure that all persons of reproductive age have access to fertility treatments regardless of their marital status or sexual orientation;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Urges the Member States to propose specific programmes to provide care and attention for parents suffering with the pregnancy of a child with malformations by giving them the necessary medical attention and extraordinary human and psychological support to enable them to cope with this uncertain situation with the peace and serenity of love;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls upon Member States to ensure fertility investigations and treatments to be state funded and reimbursed across Europe, irrespective of the person's income and place of residence;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 d (new) 16d. Insists that SRH services are essential services; Calls upon Member States to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not affect the right of all individuals to SRHR services and to ensure they are secured through the public health systems, and combat all efforts directed on using the pandemic as an pretext to further restrict SRHR;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 d (new) 16d. Urges the Member States to protect the right of every child to have a father and mother and to know their identity;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 e (new) 16e. Recognizes the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the supply and access to contraceptives and reiterates projections of UNFPA from April 2020 which states that some 47 million women in 114 low and middle-income countries are projected to be unable to use modern contraceptives if the lockdown or supply chain disruption continues for 6 months;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 f (new) Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 g (new) 16g. Stresses that access to safe and legal abortion continues to be limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, with examples of efforts to fully ban it under the pretence of less priority service; Urges the Member States to additionally implement safe, free and adjusted access to abortion during the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, such as the abortion pill, and to recognize abortion care as urgent and medically necessary, thus also rejecting all limitation in accessing it;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 h (new) 16h. Stresses the negative consequences for maternity healthcare, labour and birth care as health systems focus on tackling COVID-19 and emphasises that unacceptable changes are being made to the provision of pregnancy and birth care which are not based on scientific evidence, WHO guidelines or guidelines of relevant European professional organisations and are not proportional to the response required to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 i (new) 16i. Urges the Member States to ensure adequate resources for quality maternity care and guarantee that policies relating to maternity healthcare during the COVID pandemic are based on evidence and facts, not fears, and respect women’s human rights;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 j (new) 16j. Urges the Member States to ensure full access to fertility treatments and fertility care during the COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent the disruptions in offering fertility treatments which will lead to less children born from medically assisted reproduction treatments and as a consequence will deprive many people completely from their right to try to have a child;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 k (new) 16k. Calls on the European Commission to address the impact of COVID-19 on access to SRHR in the EU in its COVID-19 response, including by supporting actions by Member States and SRHR civil society organisations to guarantee full access to SRHR services, including through the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 l (new) 16l. Stresses that all above mentioned COVID-19 related notes and calls should apply for any other crisis related circumstances and calls upon Member States to ensure prioritization of SRHR services in all instances, without any discrimination;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 a (new) Stresses that there are a number of links between prostitution and trafficking, and acknowledges that prostitution – both in the EU and across the globe – fuels the trafficking of vulnerable women and minors;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to fully protect, respect and fulfil human rights, specifically the right to health,
Amendment 455 #
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, such as fertility treatment and the treatment of genetic diseases with gamete preservation, ensuring that the principle of non-
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in
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;
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
Amendment 459 #
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
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls upon the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on Member States to reassess the unfettered access to abortion as a form of birth control, when serious demographic decline, women's mental and physical health, harmony between the sexes and the healing not harming role of our medical professions are all at serious risk; further encourages investment in adoption services which brings untold benefits to childless couples, and relief for an unexpectedly pregnant mother;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Urges the Member States to raise awareness among women of the importance of regular screenings, and to ensure that public health services provide screenings such as mammograms and mammary ultrasonographies, cytology tests and bone density scans;
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls upon the Member States to make access to SRH services an integral part of their COVID-19 responses and ensure the continuing of provision of a full range of SRH services in all circumstances;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Stresses the highly damaging and diverse health consequences of gender- based violence, which has been shown to have the potential to lead to severe physical and mental health consequences, including gynaecological disorders and adverse pregnancy outcomes;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls upon the Member States to implement effective regulatory and enforcement measures that ensure that refusal of SRH care by health workers on grounds of religion or conscience does not put women's timely access to SRH care at risk;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls for proper protection of female victims of domestic violence, with an increase in State resources and effective action to that end;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 Amendment 470 #
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, including those residing in more remote areas, such as the outermost regions, can fully realise their SRHR, and to confront those who instrumentalise SRHR in order to undermine EU values and democracy;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to take an evidence and human-rights-based approach to tackling demographic challenges in the EU, ensuring that
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
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect SRHR a
Amendment 474 #
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; stresses the need to boost investment in public services considerably, particularly in healthcare, education and transport services, in order to meet people's needs and contribute towards the independence, equality and emancipation of women;
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;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 Amendment 480 #
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; stresses that any equality strategy should address all forms of violence against women, including backsliding on and violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights; reiterates the need to prioritise access to healthcare and public services, particularly access to abortion services and psychological support for female victims of violence;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Stresses the importance of sexual and reproductive health providers in the provision of a comprehensive range of sexual and reproductive health services, including both physical and mental health; encourages the Member States to take their unique circumstances into consideration when planning the provision of healthcare overall;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 Amendment 490 #
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 3.7,5.6 and
Amendment 491 #
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; welcomes the commitment in promoting SRHR in the new Gender Action Plan III and calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to propose concrete measures to fulfil this objective;
Amendment 492 #
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 and relations, in particular in the new Gender Action Plan III;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls upon the Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life to ensure that the new Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief be dedicated to a human-rights based approach, thus respecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and dedicated to jointly working on guaranteeing the right to health for all, in the EU and globally, without any discrimination;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls upon the Commissioner for Crisis Management to include a gender equality perspective in the EU and Member States ’humanitarian aid response, and a perspective on sexual and reproductive health and rights, as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a basic need for people in humanitarian settings;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls upon the Commission to str
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights and provide political and financial support to human rights defenders, civil society organisations and health care providers working to advance SRHR, particularly those working in challenging contexts in Europe, including in EU Member States;
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls upon the Commission to str
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights and SRHR;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls upon the Commission to ensure that the provision of SRHR is not limited or revoked under the pretence of the COVID-19 pandemic and to recognize that SRHR are a part of the fundamental human rights and as such a priority during this health crisis and beyond; calls on the Commission to organise regular exchanges of best practices and mutual learning between Member States on guaranteeing access to SRHR, involving experts and civil society organisations;
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls upon the Commission to implement gender budgeting throughout all the instruments of the MFF 2021- 2027, including the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, the European Social Fund + and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls upon the Commission to take concrete steps in protecting SRHR, starting with the establishment of an EU Special Envoy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right and the addition of a designated chapter on the State of play of SRHR in the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) - having regard to the European Commission's communication of the 25th of November 2020 on the Gender Action Plan III,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 b (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 14 February 2019 on the rights of intersex people;1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0128
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) - having regard to the Joint Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III: an ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action JOIN(2020) 17,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 b (new) - having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Union's action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027 and repealing Regulation (EU)No 282/2014 (“EU4Health Programme”) COM/2020/405,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 31 Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 31 Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 31 a (new) - having regard to the report of the European Institute for Gender Equality of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5thReview of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 31 b (new) - having regard to the WHO/Europe, its Action Plan for SRH and Rights 2017-2021, which has three closely interlinked goals: ‘Enable all people to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and ensure that their human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled’, ‘Ensure that all people can enjoy the highest attainable standard of sexual and reproductive health and well-being’, and ‘Guarantee universal access to sexual and reproductive health and eliminate inequalities’,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 32 Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 33 Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 35 Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 36 Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 36 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,
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 10 December 2013 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2013/2040(INI)),
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 a (new) Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 b (new) - having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on abortion rights in Poland,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 c (new) - having regard to IPPF EN/BZgA Report on Sexuality Education in Europe and Central Asia,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) — having regard to the Convention of 4 November 1950 for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 80 #
- having regard to the IPPF EN partner survey Abortion legislation and its implementation in Europe and Central Asia,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 e (new) - having regard to European Parliament Study The gendered impact of the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 f (new) - having regard to the report of the European Institute for Gender Equality of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States,
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 g (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 h (new) - having regard to the report by UN Women entitled ‘The Impact of COVID- 19 on Women’, published on 9 April 2020,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 i (new) - having regard to the report by UN entitled “COVID-19 and Human Rights: We are all in this together”, published in April 2020,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 j (new) - having regard to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report entitled ‘Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender- based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage’, published on 27 April 2020,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 k (new) - having regard to the statement by UNFPA entitled ‘Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID 19 pandemic’, published on 28 April 2020,
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 l (new) - having regard to the European Women’s Lobby policy brief entitled ‘Women must not pay the price for COVID-19!’,
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 m (new) - having regard to the study by Professor Sabine Oertelt-Prigione entitled ‘The impact of sex and gender in the COVID-19 pandemic’, published on 27 May 2020,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 n (new) - having regard WHO`s Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems,
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 o (new) - having regard to WHO`s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 p (new) - having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 q (new) - having regard to the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network research andreport entitled “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic”, published on 22nd April 2020,
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas sex
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas sexual and reproductive
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the UN convention of the Rights of the Child notes that, "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth", and that this can must include the primary right, that of the right to life, without which all other human rights are void;
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
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas health rights, in particular sexual and reproductive health rights, are fundamental women's rights that should be enhanced and cannot be in any way watered down or withdrawn;
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