Tue Jul 5, 2022 – 3:34 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — German medical students may be forced to participate in abortions to qualify as physicians.
On July 3, 2022, Germany’s Family Minister Lisa Paus revealed her plan to include abortion procedures as a mandatory part of physician’s training in an interview with the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. Following the recent abolition of the advertising ban on abortion in Germany, Paus said that “the various medical methods of abortion should be part of the training for doctors”.
The German Family Minister also announced that she plans to appoint a commission of experts to deal with the question of how to regulate abortion outside of criminal law. Paus and other members of Germany’s government coalition have already insinuated in the past that they want to completely decriminalize abortion in Germany, as it is still a felony under current German law.
The Christian association “Christliches Forum” has warned that the demand to include abortion procedures in medical studies would take away the freedom of conscience and religion from all medical students who object to the practice of abortion. The Family Minister’s proposal could also exacerbate the already existing shortage of
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