MEMBER OF

Brussels, 22 May 2008

Mr. Ćeslovas JURŠNAS Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

Dear Mr Juršenas,

In the light of the current debate concerning the Lithuanian Parliament’s work on amending legislation governing access to abortion, we would also like to present our position on the matter.

There is no conflict between either European law or political commitments arising from European integration and legislative measures aimed at providing better legal protection for unborn children.

We welcome Lithuanian parliamentarians’ efforts to ensure better protection for children prior to birth.

Kind regards,

1. Vytautas LANDSBERGIS 2. Konrad SZYMASKI

and

3. Roberta ANGELILLI 4. Christopher BEAZLEY 5. Bastiaan BELDER 6. Sergio BERLATO 7. Adam BIELAN 8. Johannes BLOKLAND 9. Mario BORGHEZIO 10. Iles BRAGHETTO 11. 12. Simon BUSUTTIL 13. 14. 15. Carlo CASINI 16. Zdzisław CHMIELEWSKI 17. Sylwester CHRUSZCZ 18. Philip CLAEYS 19. Marek CZARNECKI 20. Nirj DEVA 21. Gintaras DIDŽIOKAS 22. Konrad DILLEN 23. Alessandro FOGLIETTA 24. Hanna FOLTYN-KUBICKA 25. Urszula GACEK 26. Jas GAWRONSKI 27. Maciej GIERTYCH 28. Dariusz GRABOWSKI 29. Gian Paolo GOBBO 30. Małgorzata HANDZLIK 31. Jan HUDACKY 32. Jana HYBÁŠKOVÁ 33. Stanisław JAŁOWIECKI 34. Mieczysław JANOWSKI 35. Filip KACZMAREK 36. 37. Tunne KELAM 38. irts Valdis KRISTOVSKIS 39. Urszula KRUPA 40. Wiesław KUC 41. Zbigniew KUMIUK 42. 43. Marcin LIBICKI 44. 45. Thomas MANN 46. Jan MASIEL 47. Hans-Peter MAYER 48. Mario MAURO 49. Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK 50. Francisco José MILLÁN MON 51. Gay MITCHELL 52. Philippe MORILLON 53. Cristiana MUSCARDINI 54. Sebastiano (Nello) MUSUMECI 55. Lambert van NISTELROOIJ 56. Péter OLAJOS 57. 58. Seán Ó NEACHTAIN 59. 60. Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU 61. Neil PARISH 62. Bogdan PK 63. Umberto PIRILLI 64. Mirosław PIOTROWSKI 65. Zita PLEŠTINSKÁ 66. Zdzisław PODKASKI 67. Horst POSDORF 68. 69. Jacek PROTASIEWICZ 70. 71. Bogusław ROGALSKI 72. Zuzana ROITHOVA 73. Wojciech ROSZKOWSKI 74. Paul RÜBIG 75. Romano La RUSSA 76. Leopold RUTOWICZ 77. José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA 78. Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI 79. György SCHÖPFLIN 80. 81. Czesław SIEKIERSKI 82. Bogusław SONIK 83. Francesco Enrico SPERONI 84. László SURJÁN 85. Charles TANNOCK 86. Witold TOMCZAK 87. Kathy SINNOTT 88. József SZÁJER 89. Salvatore TATARELLA 90. Ewa TOMASZEWSKA 91. 92. Inese VAIDERE 93. Frank VANHECKE 94. Ari VATANEN 95. Bernard WOJCIECHOWSKI 96. Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI 97. Anna ZÁBORSKÁ 98. Zbigniew ZALESKI 99. Andrzej ZAPAŁOWSKI 100. Tadeusz ZWIEFKA