In Hungary, a law now requires women to listen to the heart of their fetus before an abortion

“Hungary can no longer be considered a democracy,” warned the European Parliament.

Indeed, the country, member of the European Union, put into force this Thursday, September 15, a new amendment relating to the right to abortion.

This now forces women wishing to have an abortion to confront the heartbeat of their fetus before the operation.

Carried by the far-right Mi Hazank party, and signed by the Minister of the Interior, Sandor Pinter, this decree testifies to the hardening of the country in the face of this fundamental right, which has been endangered in many American states since the revocation of the Roe v.

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“For a few seconds at least, the child of fetal age will be able to be heard by the mother before the abortion is performed,” said Hungarian MP Dora Duro in a message posted on Facebook, reports AFP. .

The law, revised in 1992, “is not cast in stone in a Christian country worthy of the name.

Let's write history!”, she added, hastening to thank the anti-abortion organizations for their support.

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A trauma for women

For its part, the NGO Amnesty International spoke of a “worrying decline”, in this country where abortion has been legal since the 1950s, until the twelfth week of pregnancy.

This decision taken "without any consultation" will make "more difficult access to abortion" and "will traumatize more women already in difficult situations", Amnesty International spokesperson Aron Demeter told AFP. .

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Hungary is led by Viktor Orban, Prime Minister since 2010. of Hungary.

In recent years, the latter has multiplied pronatalist measures in his country, developing and prospering his national conservative political party, Fidesz.

Since the entry into force at the beginning of 2012 of a new Constitution, Hungary has defended “the life of the fetus from conception”.

A few months earlier, the government had financed a campaign against abortion with European funds, which had angered the European Commission.