European resolution on abortion

Gift of Life commends the Nationalist MEPs who voted against the resolution tabled recently in the European Parliament by Italian Communist MEP Giusto Catania. The resolution includes references to making abortion available in all EU member states. It is regrettable, but not surprising, that the proponents of this resolution combined many unrelated issues into this non-binding resolution.

This is a familiar manoeuvre used to make it harder for MEPs to reject a resolution on single issues such as abortion. Indeed, this may have made it more difficult for the three Labour MEPs to reject the entire resolution. It is still disappointing, however, that they did not vote against this resolution and chose instead to abstain. One would expect pro-life MEPs to categorically reject any motion from the European Parliament, whether legally binding or not, that includes any pressure on Malta and indeed any other country to accept abortion.