Swedish Christian Democrat leaves party because of its pro-choice stance
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Northern Europe
A Swedish Christian Democratic politician leaves the party because she disagrees with its pro-choice stance. Christel Henningsson supported the statement that abortion is equal to killing children. That is not compatible with the party's view, Ebba Busch, the leader of the Christian Democrats, says.
In 2018, the Christian Democratic Party in Sölvesborg described abortion as "killing children in a Facebook post, SverigeresRadio writes. At the time, the abortion issue was debated just before the parliamentary election.
Recently, P4Blekinge retrieved the post stating, "it is believed that women should be allowed to decide over their bodies. But it is not the woman's body that matters; it is the child's body." The Christian Democrats of Sölvesborg furthermore stated that there are children "who are not welcome to be born, even in Sweden. They are to be killed in their mother's womb." That is reported by Expressen.
When confronted with the post from 2018, Christel Henningsson told P4Blekinge that she still supports the statement made in the post. "The woman should be allowed to decide over her own body, yes, of course, but as I said, it is also a child's body. And abortion is the end of a life", the board member of the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg said.
Complete withdrawal from Christian Democratic party
Just hours after the Facebook post was brought to attention, news broke that Christel Henningsson would resign. She does not only quit her work as a board member for the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg but also withdraws her membership from the Christian Democratic party in general.
The post does not mean that the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg oppose abortion, Bengt Jönsson, district chairman of the Christian Democrats in Blekinge, stresses to Dagen. They do not support the Facebook post either, he emphasised. "It is Christel herself who has done it."
On the contrary, the Christian Democrats in Sölvesborg support Ebba Busch, the party leader of the national Christian Democratic Party. Busch supports the pro-choice movement explicitly. Recently she drafted a contract that politicians could sign if they were solidly pro-abortion.
Party leader Busch distances herself from Henningsson's position. "This is a post made four years ago. This is not in line with the attitude of the Christian Democrats; it was not then, and it is not now."
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