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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11333

12 June 2015
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) paraguay
Ban on abortion after rape or incest is torture, says Parliament

Strasbourg, 11/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament said on Thursday 11 June that the general ban on therapeutic abortion and termination of pregnancy after rape or incest and the refusal to provide free health cover in cases of rape “amounts to torture”.

In a joint resolution tabled by the S&D, ALDE, Greens, GUE and EFDD on legal aspects of child pregnancy, adopted by Parliament, MEPs call on Paraguay “to ensure that women and girls have access to safe and legal...

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