Fri Jun 17, 2022 – 10:42 am EDT
STRASBOURG, France (LifeSiteNews) – The Parliament of the European Union (EU) has backed a resolution urging U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration to “strengthen their efforts and to continue to support abortion rights” as the Supreme Court deliberates overturning Roe v. Wade.
In a landslide ballot, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted 364–154 in favor of the “Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court” resolution which petitions the president to “ensure that abortion and contraception are integrated within the provision of age-appropriate and comprehensive SRHR [sexual and reproductive health ‘rights’] information, education and services, and that they are accessible to all.”
The resolution also “strongly condemns” an apparent “backsliding in women’s rights and SRHR taking place globally,” namely the potential for Roe to be overturned, with the Parliament expressing its “firm support” of the supposed “fundamental human right” of abortion.
Within the document, MEPs described lack of access to abortion for a woman as them “being forced to carry their pregnancy to term against their will,” which they wrote “is a violation of human rights
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