The full text of the Article 38 emphasises that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, notably through easy access to contraception and abortion; emphasises that women must have access free of charge to consultation on abortion; supports, therefore – as it did in its above-mentioned resolution of 3 September 2008 – measures and actions to improve women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and to raise their awareness of their rights and of available services; invites the Member States and the Commission to implement measures and actions to make men more aware of their responsibilities in relation to sexual and reproductive matters.
ASTRA Coordinator Wanda Nowicka speaking on the occasion of the voting said “ASTRA Network expresses great satisfaction that the European Parliament addressed SRHR in its Equality Report and supported right and access to abortion and contraception as women’s fundamental right”.
ASTRA network has been actively advocating Polish MEPs to support the resolution. The result of the voting signalises changes in equal rights policy approach at the European level by parliamentary groups to include SRHR as integral component of equality policies. ASTRA hopes that these changes will be reflected at the national level especially in Central and Eastern European countries – added Nowicka.
To read the report go to:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A7-2010-0004&language=EN
To access ASTRA's press release go to:
http://www.astra.org.pl/European Parl. Equality Report 2010 ASTRA Press Release.pdf
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ASTRA welcomes Report on Equality between Men and Women in EU
