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Whatever some in this Parliament may say or wish, the European Union has absolutely no legal competence on the subject of abortion.
Each person has the right to their own views, and I do not deny that different ethical frameworks exist in different Member States. This is not the issue.
The issue is where and how the European Union has a legal right to act. In this respect, the report proposes an outrageous abuse of power and competence by the Union.
To legislate that EU monies could be used for the purposes of providing any type of abortion service would be an attack on the sovereignty of Member States’ rights to legislate on the matter.
As an Irish Member of Parliament, I cannot support such a monstrous violation of the constitutional right of the people I represent to decide policy with regard to abortion. This is a right which is enshrined in the Maastricht Treaty and one which I will defend vigorously and unequivocally.
Equally, it is wrong to attempt to impose abortion on countries that do not want it, and it is an error to give the signal that this Parliament would only support countries that facilitate abortion, which is not correct."@en1
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