BRATISLAVA, July 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) Slovak Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky and Deputy Speaker Bela Bugar, have said that they will not sign a bill passed in the legislature last week which would legalize abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy “in cases of genetic defects.” Slovak President Rudolf Schuster has said he would not even consider signing the bill without the signatures of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker. Slovak media reports that the Slovak Health Ministry has established a “right” to abortion in a statutory instrument, and the bill was merely supporting that Health Ministry directive. However, one of the four ruling parties, the Christian Democrat KDH, led by Hrusovsky, is challenging the statutory instrument in Constitutional Court. See the coverage from the Slovak media: https://www.tasr.sk/indeng.php?mode=single&id=NTcyMTY0MQ== See related LifeSite coverage: Slovakia in Turmoil Over Abortion Bill https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jul/03070309.html
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Slovak Speaker Refuses to Sign Bill Liberalizing Abortion, President Won’t Sign Without Speaker
BRATISLAVA, July 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) Slovak Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky and Deputy Speaker Bela Bugar, have said that they will not sign a bill passed in the legislature last week which would legalize abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy “in cases of genetic defects.” Slovak President Rudolf Schuster has said he would not even consider signing the bill without the signatures of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker. Slovak media reports that the Slovak Health Ministry has established a “right” to abortion in a statutory instrument, and the bill was merely supporting that Health Ministry directive. However, one of […]
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