Germany: CDU Blocks Appointment of Judge to Constitutional Court over Support for Abortion Legalization

On July 24, 2025, in Germany, the nomination of public law professor Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf to the Constitutional Court was suspended under pressure from the CDU (Christian Democratic Union). The conservative party opposed her due to her support for the legalization of abortion — still a highly controversial issue in the country, where abortion remains technically…

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GERMANY : New coalition government publishes far-reaching SRHR and abortion commitments

26/11/2021 “Yesterday the three parties which will jointly govern Germany in the next four years (Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals) published their coalition agreement covering those four years. It includes a detailed passage on “reproductive self-determination”, and particularly on abortion, with the most important aim being examine taking abortion out of the criminal law (Section 218).”…

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