#paragraph 219a

[musings-of-a-goth]

Germany getting rid of paragraph 219a of the German penal code (which made it illegal to “advertise” abortions - meaning doctors sharing information for abortion procedures on their websites, for example)

The US overturning Roe vs Wade on the same day

[imagineyourworld]

I don't usually voice my political opinions on this blog, but today I feel the need to do so anyway.

I don't know if you know this, but I'm German, and yesterday morning I saw that our government has finally voted to cross off paragraph 219a, which forbids "Werbung für Schwangerschaftsabbrüche" and basically means that advertising abortion in any way is forbidden by law, including simply stating that a doctor practices abortions on the website.

That same day, in the evening, I read what had just happened in the USA, and it shook me to the core. Not only because the supreme court took away women's rights to control their own bodies, their own lives, and thereby actively endangered women's lives and mental health, but also because it is such a stark contrast to what happend in Germany on the very same day.

Now I'm not saying that Germany's abortion laws are good in any way, we still have a very long way to go and abortion is heavily restricted here, but as of yesterday my country has taken a step in the right direction, something that liberals and leftists have been asking for years, while the US, one of the most influential countries on this planet, has shown once more how little they care about minorities, that they are the land of the free only for those who belong to a very small group, and that they do not value live as much as their own twisted morals.

This whole thing feels like a one step forward and two steps back situation, and my heart broke and continues to break for all those people who no longer have the right or even the opportunity to make such a fundamental decision.

I really don't know where I'm even going with this, but please, whatever you do and wherever you are, be careful and try to make your voice heard in any (safe) way you can, and remember that it can get better, that sometimes fighting and arguing about a small paragraph for years can lead to something, that this is our future and this world will one day belong to us.

[redrosecut]

I was in the mood to celebrate because the German parliament finally revoked §219a which means doctors can finally publicly explain how abortions work in their offices without the fear of prosecution because someone thinks this is equal to advertising abortions.

Only to find out that on the other side of the ocean the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade which apparently now makes abortions illegal in some states.

When will people learn that outlawing abortions doesn't stop abortions, it only stops safe abortions?

[die-katholische-kirche]

Ratet Mal welche dieser beiden Sachen verboten ist,:

[ungeheuerliches]

Regierung freut sich: Werbeverbot für Abtreibungen ist Geschichte

Die Abtreibungsbefürworter jubeln. Die Bundesregierung kippt das Werbeverbot für Schwangerschaftsabbrüche. Bundesfamilienministerin Paus spricht von einem „großen Tag für Frauen und Ärzte“. Die AfD befürchtet, nun könnte der Schutz ungeborenen Lebens weiter bekämpft werden.

[korrektheiten]

Auf dem Weg in die Selbstmord-Republik

JF: In der Debatte um die Abschaffung des Werbeverbots für Abtreibungen hat die Union einmal mehr bewiesen, wie bereitwillig sie einstige Kernpositionen opfert. Die Aushöhlung des Paragraphen 219 ist nur noch eine Frage der Zeit. Dabei wäre es die Aufgabe der Politik, ein Bewußtsein für den Wert des Lebens und das Unrecht von Abtreibung zu schaffen. Ein Kommentar von Jürgen Liminski. http://dlvr.it/QKyjn9

[korrektheiten]

Berliner Senat will über Abtreibungskliniken informieren

JF: Der Berliner Senat will künftig auf der Internetseite der Berliner Gesundheitsverwaltung die Adressen von Kliniken in der Hauptstadt auflisten, die Abtreibungen anbieten. Dies versteht die rot-rot-grüne Regierung als „Übergangslösung“, bis der Bundestag möglicherweise den Paragraph 219a des Strafgesetzbuches abschafft, der Werbung für Schwangerschaftsabbrüche unter Strafe stellt. http://dlvr.it/QKFQYP

[korrektheiten]

Frauen-Union verteidigt Werbeverbot für Abtreibungen

JF: Die Frauen-Union hat Bestrebungen nach einer Abschaffung des Werbeverbotes für Abtreibungen eine Absage erteilt. Das Verbot sei Bestandteil eines „Schutzkonzeptes für das ungeborene Leben, das in jahrzehntelanger gesellschaftlicher Diskussion entwickelt wurde, betonte die Vorsitzende der Frauen-Union, Annette Widmann-Mauz (CDU). http://dlvr.it/Q4yRxh