THE RIGHT TO ABORTION :

What is at stake for women in Europe ?

19 & 20 septembre 2008
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Contacts :

Dominique Audouze, International Officer

Myriam Mercy, Technical Director


Marie-Pierre Martinet, Executive director

Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial
4, square Saint-Irénée
F-75011 Paris
Tel + 33 (0)1 48 07 29 10
Fax + 33 (0)1 47 00 79 77
E-mail : mfpf@planning-familial.org


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This conference is organized in partenship with :

 

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With the label French European Presidency.


Programme

                  
20 septembre : second day


9:00 - 11:30 : The right to abortion and ethics
Moderators : Danièle Gaudry, abortion commission, French Family Planning (MFPF) &
Marie-Laure Brival, President, ANCIC

- The European Court on Human Rights and abortion : jurisprudence
Christina Zampas, legal councel Europe zone, Center of Reproductive Rights
- Opposition between women’s rights and the rights of the embryo or foetus : a new step towards undermining the right to abortion
Dominique Thouvenin, professor of Law (to be confirmed)
- The rights of medical professionals versus women’s rights : the conscience clause
Mirella Parachini, Gynaecologist, S. Filippo hospital, Roma (Italie)
- Abortion and ethics : where does the debate stand today ?
Georges Lienard, Humanist European Federation


Plenary debate

12:30 - 13:30 Break

13:30 - 15:30 : Abortion : women’s choice
Moderators : Claire Ricciardi, confederal office, MFPF & Maya Surduts, secretary general, CADAC

A right can offer choices. The statement, from yesterday to today, that the private is political is
often once this law open to a return from collective to individual, which may call into question, ultimately, the choice and therefore this right.
Françoise Picq, Senior lecturer in political science
Michèle Ferrand, sociologist, Research Director, CNRS


Plenary debate

15:30 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 17:00 : Summing-up, suggestions and recommendations for the future
Summary of round table by MFPF

What are the prospects for future European presidencies ?
Irene Donadio, IPPF EN
Colette De Troy, EWL
Czech Republic and swedish Family Planning

Adoption of the final resolution

17:00-17:30 Close of the conference
Fatima Lalem, Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of the equality between women and men.
Françoise Laurant, MFPF President
Michèle Loup, elected Regional Council Ile-de-France, appointed by the President of the implementation of Gender Equality in regional policies


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