Parliament to vote on abortion proposal without committee report

The Faroese parliament will vote later Monday on a motion to take the Centre Party’s proposed changes to the new abortion law out of committee, despite the committee not having submitted a report, KVF reports.

The motion was put forward by Hervør Pálsdóttir. If it passes, the proposal will proceed to a second reading.

The legal committee has been considering the matter since September 24. It requested an extension to submit its report until November 4 and decided on October 23 to prepare one. However, no report was presented at the parliamentary meeting on November 4.

Under parliamentary rules, a member can ask the speaker to put to a vote whether proceedings should continue even though the committee has not submitted a report.