Abtreibung in Deutschland. Eine widerständige Einordnung des fragilen Status Quo

In the organizer's words:

"Because from this moment on, [the pregnant woman] is given the task of serving the new life that has been created" - this is how CDU politician Bruno Heck polemicized in the German Bundestag against the strengthening of the right to physical self-determination for pregnant women in the 1970s. He vehemently insisted that women* lose the right to a self-determined life at the beginning of a pregnancy. From then on, their task was to serve unborn life. An attitude that is no longer expressed so loudly today, but still shapes debates on the right to abortion from the conservative side.

In its lecture, the Alliance for Bodily Self-Determination from Frankfurt looks at the status quo for abortions in Germany. Based on the history of its origins, they show the associated misogyny and the continuity of patriarchal structures. At the same time, they make it clear that the current status quo is also the result of successful feminist struggles that have fought for the practical possibility of abortion in Germany despite all adversities. However, these successes are under pressure due to the current social shift to the right. In this lecture, we want to look back at the past together in order to prepare ourselves for future struggles and get to know our opponents.