All of us! Mobilising for abortion rights

Met dank overgenomen van S.H. (Sophie) in 't Veld i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 4 februari 2015.

Sophie in 't Veld cordially invites you to the joint ALDE/S&D/Greens/GUE event:

"All of us! Mobilizing for abortion rights”, on Thursday 5 February from 10.00 to 12.30, room A3G3.

Experts on sexual and reproductive health and rights share their experiences and views on the regressive abortion policies in some EU countries (Malta, Poland, Ireland, Hungary) and regressive initiatives, such as One of Us.

The ‘All of Us’ event organized jointly by ALDE, S&D, Greens and GUE,  is mobilizing support for maintaining, not restricting, access to safe and legal abortion.

A joint declaration will be presented at 12.00 by the participating MEPs.

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European Parliament, Brussels

Room A3G3

10.00 Welcome and opening:

Ulrike Lunacek (Greens/EFA), European Parliament Vice President, European Parliament

Iraxte Garcia Perez (S&D), Chair, Committee Women's rights and gender equality

10h10 - 11h00 Panel 1 - Abortion rights under threats  

Introduction/moderator:  

Marie Arena, S&D coordinator, Committee Women's Rights & Gender equality (FEMM)

Presentations by:

  • Irene Donadio, International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • Neil Datta, European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development

Debate moderator/summator:  

Ernest Urtasun, Greens/EFA

11h00 - 12h00 Panel 2 - Mobilizing All of us !

Introduction/moderator:

Malin Björk, GUE/NGL coordinator, Committee Women's Rights & Gender equality (FEMM)

Extract from documentary "El Tren de la Libertad"

Presentations by:  

  • Aoife Cooke & Claire Brophy, Abortion Rights Campaign, Ireland         
  • Aida Fuentes Concheso, Spain

Debate moderator/summator:

Sophie in 't Veld, ALDE vice-president

12h00 - 12h30 Presentation of Joint Declaration:  #ALLofUS Mobilizing for abortion rights

Statements and presentation of the declaration by Iraxte Garcia Perez (S&D), Marie Arena (S&D),

Sophie in 't Veld (ALDE), Ernest Urtasun (Greens/EFA) and Malin Björk (GUE/NGL)

Moderator:

Viviane Teitelbaum, President, European Women's Lobby

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Please register before Monday 02 February 2015, 12:00:

sdconf.socblog.eu/content/sd-conference-all-us-mobilizing-abortion-rights

For more information please contact: orietta.pozzobon@ep. europa.eu

Interpretation provided in DE, ES, FR, IT, & EN

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