Abortion Rights in Germany – A country where abortion is allowed but not decriminalised.
Human Rights in Europe
Amnesty International EAAC
5.0 • 2 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we take apart the legislative situation on abortion in Germany. While abortion is allowed it is not decriminalised. In our discussion with Raphaela Rains from the TekoMaf, a women‘s rights section of Amnesty International in Germany, we speak about the rather paternal abortion rules that exist in Germany. After all, Article 2018 that regulates abortion can be found in the German Criminal Code. ‚What is it doing there and what does it exactly say?‘ Listen to answers to this and other burning questions such as ‚What kind of process do women undergo when seeking abortion in Germany and how does it affect them?‘ Will the recent change in government have any influence in liberating abortion in Germany?‘ in our podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome everyone to our third episode on abortion rights in Europe. |
| 0:12.0 | Two weeks ago we looked at abortion rights in the EU and the European Parliament's position |
| 0:17.0 | and work on upholding women's rights in the EU. |
| 0:19.0 | Last week we were able to get some interesting and positive insights into abortion rights in Poland |
| 0:24.8 | and the work of the abortion dream team. |
| 0:27.8 | Here we also spoke about how there is no black or white legislation on abortion. |
| 0:32.8 | Any existing legislation on abortion is a way of limiting women to this unique right. |
| 0:38.0 | This very well feeds into the topic of today's podcast, abortion rights in Germany, |
| 0:43.9 | a country where abortion is just allowed but not decriminalized. |
| 0:48.1 | I'm pleased to welcome Raphaela as our guest today. |
| 0:52.0 | Our discussion will cover topics such as Article 218-19A of the German |
| 0:57.5 | Criminal Code, which makes seeking abortion very difficult for women in Germany, and future prospects |
| 1:03.2 | with the new German government coalition of SBD, Greens and FTP. If I'm right, there is some hope on the |
| 1:10.2 | horizon. Let me introduce |
| 1:11.8 | Raphaela to you. Raphael is active for amnesty since one year. She's more |
| 1:16.5 | specifically involved in the so-called TECAL Math, which is a group advocating |
| 1:20.7 | for the protection of women's and girls' rights. Her focus areas are period |
| 1:25.7 | poverty and gender sensible language. |
| 1:29.3 | She's also active in the workshop Safe Abortion, which aims at creating explanatory notes |
| 1:35.3 | from Amnesty International on the theme of safe abortion in Germany. |
| 1:40.3 | Well, she's in from Germany today and she comes from Hamburg. |
| 1:46.9 | So welcome Rafael Tata as our guest today. |
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