German
Gynaecologist, Kristina Haenel, was fined $7,150 by a court in that country on
Friday, after being found guilty of “advertising” abortion by providing
information about the procedure on her website.
Haenel, a 61-year-old medical doctor from
the western city of Giessen, posted information on her website in April 2015
about the legal and medical aspects of the procedure in German, English and
Turkish.
She also provided information about the
payment required for an abortion, which the court in Giessen found violated a
law that forbids advertising abortion services in a way that is to the person’s
own economic advantage.
Haenel’s lawyer said she
would appeal the decision.
Haenel, who performed abortions for 30 years, said she was
only fulfilling her ethical duty by providing information to women considering
ending their pregnancy.
She said, “I didn’t do it so that women would come to me;
they do that anyway; I don’t need that.’’
Meanwhile, hundreds of women gathered outside the
courthouse in a show of support for the doctor, some were holding banners
reading “Women have a right to information.”
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