GroenLinks-PvdA will submit a bill on Wednesday to remove abortion from the Criminal Code. Abortion is healthcare, not a crime, according to initiator Corinne Ellemeet. By making criminal law the starting point for abortion, you criminalize the doctor and stigmatize the person who gets the abortion, said the outgoing parliamentarian.
Frans Timmermans wants to be the Netherlands' next Prime Minister, the prominent PvdA European Commissioner told NOS, confirming his candidacy to lead the PvdA-GroenLinks combination in the upcoming parliamentary election. His main goal is to bring the Netherlands residents back together instead of them growing further and further apart, he said.
Once VVD parliamentarian Marielle Paul is sworn in as Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the Dutch Cabinet will consist of more women than men for the first time ever. The caretaker Rutte IV Cabinet has a total of 29 Ministers and State Secretaries. Fifteen of them are women, NOS reports.
Departing D66 leader Sigrid Kaag hopes that the hatred and harassment she experienced in recent years will not prevent other women from entering politics. She said this in an explanation of her decision not to lead the D66 in the parliamentary elections.