The Prime Minister and leader of the PSD said this Friday that he is against recognizing abortion as a fundamental right, as recommended by the European Parliament on Thursday, as it causes a “legal imbalance” since only women’s right to self-determination prevails. . .
“Consecrating the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy as a fundamental right creates an imbalance in the legal system, since it means that two rights that were in conflict [direito à autodeterminação da mulher e o direito à proteção da vida do nascituro]In the end, only one of them will completely prevail, which means the disappearance of the other,” Luis Montenegro said this Friday in Parliament during a debate in preparation for the European Council on Wednesday and Thursday next week.
The head of government was responding to a question from PAN MP Ines Souza Real about the vote that took place in the European Parliament, which on Thursday approved the historic recommendation to include all women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including the right to abortion. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU), which has the status of a treaty.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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