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Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD: “My Voice, My Choice” and the Silence Beneath It – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD: “My Voice, My Choice” and the Silence Beneath It

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Photo by Paolo Margari on Unsplash. A circular view of a building with a sky background. European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.

By Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD. Catholic Exchange, March 17, 2026

Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD is Director of Human Life International’s Rome Office and a diocesan priest and professor in Rome, Italy, currently teaching at both the Angelicum and The Catholic University of America. He publishes regularly at Human Life International and appears on Vita Umana Internazionale YouTube channel.

 

FrGiordano-1-e1597146982525Europe is once again rallying around a slogan: My Voice, My Choice. The phrase has recently returned to the center of European political debate, especially as the European Parliament advances initiatives aimed at guaranteeing cross-border access to abortion when it is restricted in a woman’s home country. In the language of EU policy, this is framed as ensuring access to “reproductive healthcare across borders.”

More candidly, it amounts to the institutionalization of what has come to be called abortion tourism. The slogan itself is rhetorically brilliant. It appeals to dignity, agency, autonomy, and democratic participation. It suggests that to question the slogan is to suppress someone’s voice. Who would want to silence another human being? …

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