{"id":50976,"date":"2021-12-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pro-lifers-win-right-to-appeal-ruling-on-german-municipalitys-prayer-vigil-ban\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:00:00","slug":"pro-lifers-win-right-to-appeal-ruling-on-german-municipalitys-prayer-vigil-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pro-lifers-win-right-to-appeal-ruling-on-german-municipalitys-prayer-vigil-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-lifers win right to appeal ruling on German municipality\u2019s prayer vigil ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Vojnovi\u0107 said: \u201cThis is about more than our group in Pforzheim. It\u2019s about whether prayer-free zones are lawful, or whether one is allowed to represent different opinions in the public square. That is why we will continue fighting for this freedom.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>CNA Deutsch, CNA\u2019s German-language news partner, reported that the appeal was granted in the same week that Germany\u2019s new federal government announced plans to target \u201cpavement harassment by anti-abortion activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incoming government is a three-party coalition formed by the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), with the pro-business Free Democrats and the environmentalist Greens as its partners. It is nicknamed the \u201ctraffic light coalition\u201d because the parties\u2019 colors are red, yellow, and green respectively. <\/p>\n<p>The coalition agreement contains a section entitled \u201cReproductive Self-Determination\u201d that promises to strengthen the \u201cright of women to self-determination.\u201d It also describes free abortions as part of \u201creliable health care,\u201d CNA Deutsch reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Pavica Vojnovi\u0107 takes part in a 40 Days for Life event in Pforzheim, Germany. Credit: ADF International.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019, the local municipality in Pforzheim, in the federal state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, denied the prayer group permission to hold vigils near the center. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n      fbq('init', '997110327150470');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\nCredit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/249748\/pro-lifers-win-right-to-appeal-ruling-on-german-municipality-s-prayer-vigil-ban\"target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vojnovi\u0107 said: \u201cThis is about more than our group in Pforzheim. 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