A resolution on ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ was rejected by the European Parliament in mid-December, with a total of 351 MEPs voting in favour of sending the report back into committee.
As well as seeking to establish a right to abortion, the resolution went further in attacking the right to conscientious objection and the rights of parents, and called on the European Union to fund abortion in its Foreign and Development Aid Policy.
‘The vote is truly a victory for EU citizens’, said the Federation of the Catholic Family Association in Europe. ‘Their voices were stronger than those of the lobbies that supported the report. A massive mobilisation of citizens across Europe showed that each citizen can make a change!’
