TERRE DES FEMMES launches the campaign “Abolish Paragraph 219a”. Spots point out the lunacy of this misogynic paragraph
In response to this situation, TERRE DES FEMMES is launching the “Abolish Paragraph 219a” campaign with the aim of making a significant contribution to education on abortion. Its unambiguous aim: Paragraph 219a must be struck from the German Criminal Code. “Women’s freedom for us is inextricably linked to their freedom to decide to terminate a pregnancy. With this campaign, we are aiming for the abolition of Paragraph 219a. Every woman must have the right to get access to professional information on abortion,” says Christa Stolle, the managing director of TERRE DES FEMMES.
The campaign’s “heart” is the website www.abolish219a.com. TERRE DES FEMMES is collecting and publishing all the important information on the theme of abortion that doctors are not allowed to publish under current legislation. The information is available for downloading from the website in various formats, so that anyone will be able to distribute it to the women concerned and other interested parties, for example via social media channels. It contains emotional broadcasts and films in which non-professionals, such as a restaurateur, an announcer and a vehicle mechanic, share valuable information on abortion in support of the campaign to show how insane and misogynist Paragraph 219a is. These brief items highlight the absurdity that any non-professional is allowed to share information, while many doctors cannot.
General practitioner Kristina Hänel, 64, is among the campaign’s prominent backers. She has been affected personally by the paragraph’s severe consequences. Hänel was convicted, despite an appeal to the Frankfurt higher regional court, for providing information on abortion procedures on her website. She then lodged an appeal on constitutional grounds, and the case is now pending before the German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. Kristina Hänel is conducting her court battle along with an appeal to the public: “I believe that it is important that everyone has the opportunity to provide information and education on abortion. Women thinking about the matter often find themselves in an emotional emergency. Access to reliable information would be hugely important to them.”
Further information may be found at www.frauenrechte.de
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TERRE DES FEMMES
Lisa Kaiser, press and public affairs spokesperson
Tel. 0049 (0) 30/40504699-25 or email presse@frauenrechte.de.
Sarah Lüth, achtung! GmbH
Tel. +49 40 45 02 10-570 or email sarah.lueth@achtung.de
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