Status: 04.07.2022 3:13 p.m
After the abolition of the advertising ban for abortions, Family Minister Paus is committed to further steps. So she demands that the methods of abortion for doctors should be part of the training.
Federal Family Minister Lisa Paus calls for further steps after the abolition of the advertising ban for abortions. “We must not stop there,” Paus told the Berlin “Tagesspiegel”.
“The various medical methods of abortion should be part of the training for doctors, for example.” She is in discussion with Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD).
Regulate abortions “outside the penal code”.
Abortions should be regulated “outside the penal code,” explained Paus. She added: “In the coalition, we have agreed that we will set up a commission of experts that will address the overall situation of reproductive rights in Germany and develop proposals for reform and recommendations.”
It is important that the committee is open-ended. “In addition to the question of paragraph 218, she will also advise others,” Paus continued. You personally think that abortions do not belong in the penal code. However, she does not want to anticipate the Commission.
Paragraph 219a deleted in June
The traffic light coalition deleted paragraph 219a in June. He previously banned the advertising of abortions for economic reasons and in a “grossly offensive way”.
The Bundestag decided in June to abolish the advertising ban for abortions.
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In practice, however, it led to doctors being prosecuted and sentenced because they had published information on their website about the fact that they perform abortions and the methods they use for this purpose.