Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-16-Speech-4-018"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-09-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Dutch boat belonging to the 'Women on Waves' association2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040916.1.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-09-16-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Emine Bozkurt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to address the Commission about European citizens’, and particularly women’s, right to information. Since this right aims to enhance and share knowledge for the benefit of women’s health and sexual rights, it is perfectly compatible with the Lisbon strategy. It was not the intention of the ‘Women on Waves’ ship to export the Dutch achievements in the area of abortion to Portugal, but rather to give Portuguese women and men objective information about their sexual rights. It is up to them what they do with this information. Two years ago, by means of a resolution following a report by Mrs Van Lancker, this House called on governments to provide objective, scientific and clear information about sexual and reproductive health. This also included the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and the risks of dangerous terminations performed under inadequate circumstances. By foiling the activities of ‘Women on Waves’ which aims to provide information, the Portuguese Government has not given evidence of having taken this House’s resolution seriously. Although the ship has now left Portugal, ‘Women on Waves’ has indicated its intention of returning in time for the forthcoming elections in Portugal. This could provide the Portuguese Government with a good second chance to act upon this Parliament’s resolution and to demonstrate that it does not want to deny its citizens the right to information. Commissioner Wallström, can the Commission ensure that best practice in the area of providing information about women’s reproductive and sexual rights will again be put more firmly on the map, and will it take concrete steps in this respect, for example in the form of organising a conference on this topic in Lisbon?"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the PSE Group)"1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph