Slovakia has been challenged by EU legal experts over an agreement with the Vatican, aimed at reducing the number of abortions in the country.
The Guardian reports that Bratislava has come under EU fire for signing a 2003 draft treaty with the Roman Catholic church, allowing doctors in catholic hospitals to refuse to carry out abortions.
The EU’s Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, a group of member state analysts created by the European Commission, has indicated...
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