22.11.2019 B9-0180/24 Amendment 24 Markus Buchheit on Behalf of The

22.11.2019 B9-0180/24

Amendment 24 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution B9-0180/2019 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Laura Ferrara, Sabrina Pignedoli, Ignazio Corrao, Daniela Rondinelli, Piernicola Pedicini, Tiziana Beghin, Chiara Gemma, Eleonora Evi, Marco Zullo, Dino Giarrusso, Rosa D’Amato, Isabella Adinolfi, Mario Furore Children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Aa. whereas the preamble to the CRC affirms that children need special care and protection, ‘including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth’;

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Amendment 25 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ab. whereas education is one of the best ways to impart values such as peace, understanding of human dignity and justice via formal, non-formal and informal education methods within the family and in state schools, and whereas the main responsibility for a child’s education always lies primarily with their parents;

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Amendment 26 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

27a. Believes that the primary right of parents to educate their children must be upheld in all forms of cooperation between parents, teachers and school authorities, and particularly in forms of participation designed to give parents a voice in the running of schools;

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Amendment 27 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

27b. Stresses that children raised in a stable home with a mother and father are markedly more likely to achieve educational success, report higher levels of happiness, mental and physical health overall, and are less likely to engage in impulsive behaviour, receive counselling or mental health therapy, or suffer from depression or have suicidal thoughts;

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Amendment 28 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

33a. Encourages the Member States to research and make policy decisions on the negative consequences for families of losing children to abortion (‘post-abortion survivor syndrome’), as this has been shown to be a leading cause of child and adult depression worldwide;

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Amendment 29 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

33b. Encourages the Member States to adopt a policy whereby fifty-fifty shared parenting is the default when the trauma of family break-up occurs, and to prosecute any discrimination against fathers, which leaves millions of children effectively fatherless and fathers depressed and suicidal;

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Amendment 30 Markus Buchheit on behalf of the ID Group

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

33c. Notes that the French National Academy of Medicine issued an official statement on 21 September 2019 which affirms that ‘every child has a right to have a father and a mother’ and that the presence of a father figure is ‘fundamental in the development of a child’s personality’; encourages policies, therefore, that promote stable nuclear families in the best interests of children;

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