• A Berlin pharmacist who refused to sell the “morning-after” pill because of his religious beliefs has been found not guilty.
• Andreas Kersten refused to stock and market the pill on the grounds of freedom of conscience.
• Since 2018, the Berlin Chamber of Pharmacy has been conducting proceedings against the pharmacist and the then-owner of Undine Pharmacy.
• In 2020, the Berlin Administrative Court acquitted the pharmacist, claiming that he had the right to follow his conscience.
On July 12, the Parliament of the Republic of Poland rejected by a majority vote a bill decriminalizing the killing of unborn children through abortion.
- A new international treaty, the Pact for the Right to Development, is being drafted at the UN Human Rights Council Working Group.
- The basic premise of the Pact is a formal commitment by states to engage in the construction of universal and possibly widespread prosperity.
Civil liberties
Through the proposed amendments to the European Union treaties, the unelected European Commission aims to "build a superstate that will be highly centralized in the economic, military, political, and social areas". If this plan succeeds, it will create a strong center of power centered on Germany. The latter will be able to impose important policies against the will of a majority of the Member States, disregarding their security and economic interests as well as their social, legal, national, and cultural identity.
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