Edite Estrela, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Edite Estrela

Portuguese politician

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1949

Place of Birth: Belver, Bragança District, Portugal

Profession: politician, television presenter, journalist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Edite Estrela

  • Edite de Fátima Santos Marreiros Estrela, GCIH (born Belver; 28 October 1949) is a Portuguese politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. She is a former Mayor of Sintra from 1994 and 2002 and teacher of literature.She won worldwide notoriety in 2013 for being the author of a controversial parliamentary report on "sexual and reproductive health and rights" in which she asserted that access to abortion is a human right, and that there should be compulsory sexual education "inside and outside school".
  • Following massive protest from conservative parties and associations, the European Parliament rejected the draft report by a narrow margin of votes.

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