German Church to let rape victims get morning-after pill

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany is to permit certain types of morning-after pill for raped women, after two hospitals provoked an outcry for refusing to treat a rape victim.

German Church to let rape victims get morning-after pill

The German Bishops’ Conference said Church-run hospitals would be able to administer pills that prevent pregnancy without inducing an abortion.

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch said a four-day meeting of bishops in the western town of Trier had “confirmed that women who have been victims of rape will get the proper human, medical, psychological, and pastoral care”.

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