Life as a gift, not an obstacle

Human life is a gift that has dignity from conception. This dignity is not derived from the wishes of the parents, the economic situation or the health of the child. It is rooted in the very essence of human beings.

If the European Union does indeed start funding abortion from its own budget, it will be sending a clear value signal that life at an early stage of development is relativisable and conditional.

Such an attitude is in direct contradiction to the Christian tradition of Europe, which for centuries has understood the protection of the weak and defenceless as a measure of the civilisation of society. The unborn child is the weakest among us.

It has no voice, no political representation and no ability to defend itself. That is why it should be protected by law and moral consensus, not cast aside in the name of a false notion of freedom.

Subsidiarity as a pillar of Europe

One of the fundamental principles of the European Union is subsidiarity. This means that decisions are to be taken at the lowest and most democratic level possible. The Union is to act only when objectives cannot be achieved at national level.

The protection of life is a matter for the Member States alone to decide, in accordance with their constitutions and social consensus.

Funding abortions for citizens of states that have chosen to protect unborn life more strictly is an indirect circumvention of the democratic decisions of national parliaments.

This is not neutrality, but active interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Such a precedent may open the way to further interference in areas that have hitherto been considered the exclusive competence of states.

A false human right

The real answer to difficult life situations is not the removal of the child, but the removal of the reasons that push a woman into such a decision. Poverty, social insecurity, loneliness or lack of support.

The European Union has the potential to invest in support for families, pregnant women, affordable housing, flexible working and quality social assistance. Instead, it focuses on funding interventions that address the effect, not the cause. This is not solidarity, but a resignation to real help.

One of the most problematic aspects of the whole initiative is the attempt to present abortion as a human right. Human rights originated as a response to crimes against human dignity, and their aim was to protect life, not to end it.

Extending the concept of human rights to include the right to kill an unborn child is both a logical and a moral contradiction.

Such rhetoric is a form of ideological manipulation designed to create the impression that opposition to abortion is opposition to human rights. In reality, it is a defence of the most fundamental right of all - the right to life.

The Slovak Constitution speaks of the need to protect human life before birth. This principle is not a historical accident, but a conscious value decision after the fall of totalitarianism. If Slovakia were to accept a mechanism that would allow abortion to be financed from the common European budget, it would undermine its own constitutional framework.

Brussels centralism

The European project was founded on the ruins of wars to protect human dignity and prevent the repetition of totalitarian ideologies, but the Union has crossed an imaginary red line and, at the crossroads between a community of nations respecting their diversity and a centralised moral uniformity, has chosen the latter.

This is a victory for the politics of death.

I have seen the footage from the Chamber after the vote. It is despicable how even the Slovak MEPs of Progressive Slovakia can take pleasure in approving financial support for the genocide of the unborn.

The approved resolution represents the political position of the European Parliament and fortunately has no direct legally binding character. However, it serves as a political signal towards the European Commission, which has until March 2026 to submit an official response.

In the meantime, it must be said loudly that defending life and national sovereignty is not an expression of extremism, but of fidelity to what Europe was built on by the founding fathers. Perhaps they will realise that abortion is murder.