{"id":279772,"date":"2022-11-20T08:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=279772"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T21:36:33","slug":"dutch-party-abortion-human-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dutch-party-abortion-human-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch political party looks to bolster abortion, calls it a ‘human right’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dutch political party known as Democrats 66 (D66) has released a document focused on making the country a “safe haven” for international abortion. Part of its demands include calling on the European Union to add language<\/a> recognizing abortion as a human right to its Charter of Fundamental Rights, and insisting that the Dutch government offer free abortions to women from other countries.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> sent to the government this month by MPs Sjoerd Sjoerdsma and Wieke Paulusma, the party says that it wants to make a number of changes to recognize abortion \u2014 the intentional homicide of an undelivered human being\u00a0\u2014 as a “right” for women worldwide.<\/p>\n

“Every year, 39,000 women die worldwide as a result of unsafe abortion,” Sjoerdsma claimed. “This is a city the size of Wageningen. This is impossible. The Netherlands must take the lead to fight these abuses and fight for accessible and safe abortion care in the world.”<\/p>\n

“If men could become pregnant, abortion would have been a human right for a long time,” Sjoerdsma added, skimming over the fact that abortion kills humans. “The situation that arose in America after Roe vs. Wade<\/em> was undone, shows how important it is to anchor this right.”<\/p>\n

READ: European court rules in favor of abortion activist who \u2018aborted the embryo of Jesus\u2019 in French church<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n