Petition to make access to abortion easier submitted to European Commission
With over 1 million signatures, the European citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice" submitted its request to the European Commission on Monday to set up a funding mechanism to make abortion more accessible.
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00:00My voice, my choice, my voice, my choice, my voice.
00:07The issue of abortion is on the European Commission's agenda.
00:13As part of a European citizens initiative, the My Voice, My Choice movement submitted a petition with over a million signatures to the institution on Monday.
00:22The text calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a funding mechanism to guarantee safe and affordable access to voluntary termination of pregnancy.
00:36The collective behind the initiative recalls the situation of many women in Europe.
00:42In Europe, 20 million of women do not have access to safe and accessible abortion.
00:46This means that women are still dying because of limited access to abortion.
00:49And we know that even if abortion is forbidden, women will still find a way to do it.
00:54And that's often dangerous.
00:56With our initiative, we want to make sure that in Europe, every person will have access to free and safe abortion.
01:03The initiative is a reminder that there are major disparities in Europe.
01:0825 member countries have legalized or decriminalized abortion.
01:12The time limit for abortion varies from 10 weeks in Portugal to 24 weeks in the Netherlands.
01:17Only Poland and Malta have very restrictive legislation.
01:22Warsaw allows abortion in cases of rape or danger to the mother's life.
01:27In Malta, the life of the mother and the viability of the fetus are the necessary conditions for abortion.
01:33The Commission has until March to decide whether or not to act on the petition.
01:38The Commission also stated in a press release that this initiative does not seek to create a European right to abortion.
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