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Western Europe
Number of Belgian euthanasia deaths increases
In 2022, 2.966 Belgians died by euthanasia. That is almost 10 per cent more than in 2021. New statistics show that the number of deaths by euthanasia constitutes 2.5 per cent of the total amount of deaths in 2023, the Belgian government writes in a press release. The increase in…
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Western Europe
President Macron announces bill to include abortion in Constitution
French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to draft a bill to enshrine abortion in the country's Constitution. He did so on Wednesday -International Women's Day- during a national tribute to the feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi. By including abortion in the Constitution, France prevents a “Bobigny trial” from happening again, said…
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Northern Europe
Abortions in Norway on the rise after years of decline
The number of abortions reached close to 12,000 last year in Norway. That is a rise of 10 per cent after years of decline. In total, 11,967 Norwegian women terminated their pregnancy in 2022, Vart Land reports. In 2021, this number did not exceed 11,000. That means that abortions have…
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Central Europe
Attack on Jehovah's Witnesses Germany kills eight people
Several people were killed in an attack on a building of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the German city of Hamburg. The suspect is among the dead. It is the bloodiest crime in Hamburg in recent decades, writes the Hamburge Abendblatt. A 35-year-old former Jehovah's Witness shot eight people, and an…
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Central Europe
Polish opposition promises abortion referendum if they win election
Two Polish opposition parties, the left-wing Polska 2050 and the agrarian Polish People's Party (PSL), have promised to organise a referendum on Poland's abortion law if they win the next elections in autumn. The two parties are likely to be part of the coalition if the opposition sees a chance…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian MP submits draft law on same-sex partnership
Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun submitted a proposal to the Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday to grant same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual spouses. Other parliamentarians have five days to sign the proposal, Sovsun writes on her Facebook page. Heavy resistance against Zelensky’s openness to same-sex marriage She states that the…
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Western Europe
Woman who murdered children euthanised in Belgium
The Belgian Geneviève Lhermitte, who killed her five children, passed away by euthanasia on Tuesday, exactly 16 years after she committed the murder. The 56-year-old woman had been admitted to the Leonardo da Vinci Hospital in Charleroi because of her severe depression. While in the hospital, she asked for euthanasia…
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Central Europe
German website launched for gender-doubting girls
German girls who doubt whether they are genuinely female can now find advice on a new website. It aims to offer scientific guidance to minors who reject their biological gender. “”I'm not a girl!” Am I trans? Or, differently: Who am I? Do you need help? – We're here for…
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Western Europe
Dutch politician wants to send abortion pills to Polish women
The progressive GroenLinks (Green Left) Party in the Netherlands wants to make Dutch abortion pills available for Polish women. Its proposal comes at a time when Poland is considering tightening its abortion laws. Dutch doctors should offer the possibility to prescribe abortion pills from a distance, MP Corinne Ellemeet, a…
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Northern Europe
Danish politicians upset about children taken as “hostages” to a hearing
In the Danish Parliament, some members complained that a gender lobby organisation took transgender children to a presentation. Now, the Speaker of the Folketing has to decide. According to Kristeligt Dagblad, the Association for the Support of Transgender Children brought a 10-year-old boy and a 15-year-old kid, last Tuesday. They…
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