Almost ten years after the Cairo Conference, this own-initiative report providing an assessment proves to be timely, and the rapporteur emphasises this by calling for the debate to be held on 8 March, coinciding with International Women’ s Day, particularly because the report is concerned mainly with women’ s reproductive health.
For det første mente vi, da vi lige er vendt tilbage fra den 7. Blandede Parlamentariske Forsamling AVS-EU, at betænkningen, der blev vedtaget i dette forum om fattigdomsrelaterede sygdomme, skulle have omfattet et punkt om afbrydelse af uønskede graviditeter og nødvendigheden af, at det finder sted under sikre forhold.