Commission on reproductive self-determination and reproductive medicine

Prof. Dr. Liane Wörner was appointed to the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine on 27.03.2023 by Ministers Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach (BMG), Dr. Marco Buschmann (BMJ) and Minister Lisa Paus (BMfFSFJ). The establishment of this commission was already planned at the end of 2021 in the coalition agreement of the ruling coalition of the traffic light government. The experts from the fields of law and health sciences, among others, will examine the possibilities of regulating abortion outside of the Criminal Code, legalizing egg donation and altruistic surrogacy.

Prof. Dr. Maika Böhm, Prof. Dr. Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, Prof. Dr. Daphne Hahn, Prof. Dr. Paulina Starski, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Wallwiener, Prof. Dr. Bettina Weißer, Prof. Dr. Maria Wersig, Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Prof. Dr. Liane Wörner were appointed to Working Group 1 of the Commission - Possibilities for regulating abortion outside the Criminal Code.

Prof. Dr. Liane Wörner was appointed by the members of the working group as its scientific coordinator and confirmed in agreement with the Federal Minister of Health, the Federal Minister of Justice and the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In accordance with §§ 3, 6, 9 of the rules of procedure, she acts as the contact person for the ministerial coordination and the established office, coordinates the preparation, convening, chairing and follow-up of meetings, opens, chairs and closes the meetings and drafts communication documents. In agreement with the experts in the working group, Prof. Dr. Liane Wörner represents the working group externally and accordingly receives inquiries to the working group and passes them on to the working group for discussion.

Inquiries to: office.woerner@uni-konstanz.de

In the course of its activities, the Commission has invited affected interest groups to comment and be heard. The aim of the opinions is to determine the needs of the interest groups that are currently affected by any regulation. In order to ensure the greatest possible transparency, the opinions submitted will be made available here, provided the interest groups have agreed to this.