What is at stake?
This Thursday, December 1, at the occasion of the World Aids Day, the European Parliament will vote on a resolution for the battle against HIV/AIDS in the European Union and neighbouring countries. The resolution is an mid-term evaluation of a communication from the Commission on the topic.
This resolution promotes abortion and “sexual and reproductive health rights” (which includes abortion) under the pretext of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
The proposal for a resolution is introduced as a common position of all political groups.
Click on Read More to find the three problematic passages.
What you need to do
Contact immediately your member of the European Parliament with a short email and ask him/her to vote against recital AA and paragraphs 14 and 22.
The vote is on Thursday, 1st of December. Your email has to be sent as soon as possible before Thursday.
You find your deputy and his address on the directory of the European Parliament.
Recital AA states that it is crucial to advocate strengthening and expanding policy and programming in the area of links between sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV so that HIV/AIDS prevention programmes are integrated into SRHR programmes and HIV/AIDS prevention becomes an integral part of sexual and reproductive health care.
Paragraph 14 calls on the Member States to ensure that all national AIDS programmes and strategies develop strong linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV services [...].
Paragraph 22 calls on the Commission and Council to ensure access to high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, information and supplies; takes the view that this should cover, inter alia, confidential and voluntary counselling, testing and treatment for HIV and all sexually transmitted infections; prevention of unintended pregnancies; equitable and affordable access to contraceptives, including access to emergency contraception; safe and legal abortion, including post-abortion care; and care and treatment to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, including to partners and children;
What you need to do
Contact immediately your member of the European Parliament with a short email and ask him/her to vote against recital AA and paragraphs 14 and 22.
The vote is on Thursday, 1st of December. Your email has to be sent as soon as possible before Thursday.
You find your deputy and his address on the directory of the European Parliament.
