Slovakia in Turmoil Over Abortion Bill

BRATISLAVA, July 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Slovakia’s Parliament has approved an abortion law by 70 votes to 32 (with 30 abstentions) that permits abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy “in cases of genetic defects.” The bill was authored by the liberal party in the coalition government.  According to news services, Liberals in Slovakia fear that a “religious agenda” of the Christian Democrat party (KDH), which leads a coalition government, is “creeping too much into daily life after decades of being pushed underground by communism.”  Some members of the party have moved that students in the predominantly Catholic country be expected to study Catholic doctrine in state schools. But it is over the abortion bill that more liberal coalition members are considering quitting, a move that would bring about the collapse of the government.  For newswire coverage:  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030703/wl_nm/slovakia_abortions_dc_1