A broad civil society alliance is backing the alternative report of the German Alliance for Choice (GAfC) to the United Nations. The report advocates the decriminalization and destigmatization of abortion as well as adequate healthcare for women in Germany.
Tomorrow, Thursday, the Bundestag will hold a final debate on two draft bills to revise organ donation regulations. In the opinion of the Humanist Association of Germany (HVD), however, neither the so-called objection solution nor the consent solution can make a significant contribution to increasing the number of transplants. Instead, the registration of brain-dead donors in German clinics must be drastically increased, the lost trust of the population must be regained and, above all, educational work must be carried out. As an ideal support instrument, the HVD recommends open-ended counseling that also addresses reservations and ultimate uncertainties in the context of a living will with health care proxy.
According to experts, Health Minister Spahn has been openly breaking the law since 2018: he is denying seriously ill patients access to suicide drugs – contrary to a final ruling by the Federal Administrative Court. Spahn also refuses to make his actions more transparent. The Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) criticizes this in the strongest terms.
Today’s Human Rights Day is all about young people: their commitment to a better world is being honored. But it can’t happen without the older generation, comments HVD board member Richard Scherzer.
On December 7, 2019, the Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) concluded a phase of internal debate on the mission and structure of the federal association with the unanimous adoption of a new membership fee schedule, the 2020 budget and the election of a new federal board. “Our association makes a valuable contribution to our society with its many practical humanism projects. We need to make this more visible to the public and in the political arena,” said the new board spokesperson Erwin Kress.
The Humanistische Gemeinschaft Hessen (HuGH), a public corporation based in the state capital of Wiesbaden, is now a member of the Humanist Association of Germany and thus functions as a new state association within the federal association.
November 9, the “fateful day of the Germans”, is not just the day the Berlin Wall came down. 81 years ago, the synagogues burned during the Reichspogromnacht. November 9, 1938 marked the beginning of the darkest chapter in our German history.
The new issue of diesseits takes a critical look at new technologies and how we deal with them, shedding light on the challenges and ethical issues involved.
The patient’s will counts – this was decided today by the Federal Court of Justice in Leipzig and confirmed the acquittals of two doctors who had assisted the suicide of patients. The Humanist Association of Germany hopes that this decision will also send a signal with regard to the controversial Section 217 of the German Criminal Code.
June 21 is a day of celebration for humanists around the world. On this day, we reflect on the importance of humanist ideas and beliefs and defend our values.
