Nationwide protests planned in battle to change Germany's 'Nazi-era' abortion law
25 January 2019
Protests against paragraph 219a, which was introduced by the Nazi party in the 1930s and bans medical practitioners from advertising that they carry out terminations of pregnancies, are planned for 30 towns and cities across the country, including Bremen, Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Stuttgart and Oldenburg.
The clause states that anyone who publicly "offers, announces or advertises" abortion services should be punished with up to two years in jail or pay a fine.
The day of action comes after the coalition government, led by the centre-right Christian Socialists and centre-left Social Democrats, put together a so-called compromise proposal last month,.
https://www.thelocal.de/20190125/nationwide-demonstration-in-battle-to-change-germanys-nazi-era-abortion-law
