Abortions: Basel Juso take Bethesda Hospital to task

Basel Juso takes Bethesda Hospital to task

On International Safe Abortion Day, members of the Basel Young Party gathered in front of the hospital. This should make abortions possible in the future.

Published today at 10:33 am

The Basel Young Socialists during their action in front of the Bethesda Hospital.

Photo: Juso Basel-Stadt

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The Basel Juso protested in front of the Bethesda Hospital for the right to abortion.
Bethesda Hospital continues to not perform abortions.
The clinic refers to Christian values on its website and remains true to its old stance.
The young party is calling for the “ban” to be lifted immediately and enshrined in the cantonal constitution.

With a photo campaign in front of Basel’s Bethesda Hospital on Saturday, the Basel Young Socialists are drawing attention to the right to abortion. It is still not possible to have an abortion at Bethesda Hospital – even though the majority of the hospital was taken over by the University Hospital of Basel two years ago.

“Bethesda remains true to itself,” it says on the hospital’s website. After intensive discussion, the Bethesda Diaconate clearly decided to remain true to its “old and proven stance” and not to carry out abortions in the women’s clinic or to prescribe prescriptions that would cause a termination of pregnancy. “We believe that life begins at conception and ends at death,” says the statement from 2016, which apparently still applies.

Already reported two years ago “bz”that despite new signs, no abortions should be carried out in hospitals in the future. These are not compatible with the Christian values of the hospital.

“The values with which Bethesda is revealed are heteronomy over women’s bodies,” says Ella Haefeli, President of Juso Basel-Stadt, about yesterday’s action. “Are such anti-feminist values really those that we should tolerate from a hospital whose majority belongs to the university hospital?”

The party is calling for this “ban” to be lifted immediately. She would also like to have the right to abortion written into the cantonal constitution. Bethesda Hospital could not yet be reached for a current statement.

Melanie Honegger is an editor in the Culture & Society department and focuses on Basel’s cultural life.More info

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topicnews · September 29, 2024

Abortions: Basel Juso take Bethesda Hospital to task

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