Germany abolishes ban on abortion ads

10-03-2022

Central Europe

The German cabinet decided to remove the national ban on abortion advertisements from the penal code as described in article 219a.

A woman taping her mouths with letters reading '219a' participates in a demonstration for the abolition of criminal code 219a. Photo EPA, Hayoung Jeon

Protestant theologian welcomes abolishment German ban of abortion ads

Margot Käßmann, former chairwoman of the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, has welcomed the planned deletion of the German advertising ban for abortion.

New German government wants to permit abortion advertisements

Marco Buschmann, the German minister of the Department of Justice announced that he wants to lift the current ban on abortion advertisements.

Acting German Minister of Finance and Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Olaf Scholz (2-L) gestures next to Free Democratic Party (FDP) chairman and faction chairman in the German parliament Bundestag Christian Lindner (L), Green party (Die Gruenen) co-chairwoman and top candidate for the upcoming federal elections Annalena Baerbock (3-L) and Green party (Die Gruenen) co-chairman Robert Habeck (R) during the presentation of the coalition contract in Berlin, Germany, 24 November 2021. Photo EPA, Clemens Bilan

Churches criticise plans of new German coalition on life protection

The German "traffic light" coalition wants to delete paragraph 219a out of the penal code and thus lift the ban on advertising abortions. Critical voices against this plan have been raised by the Catholic and Protestant churches in Germany.

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