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Initiative «Für Mutter und Kind»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für Mutter und Kind - für den Schutz des ungeborenen Kindes und für die Hilfe an seine Mutter in Not»
Voting day 02.06.2002
Voting result Rejected (18.25% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 488
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area State organisation > Legal system > Criminal law
State organisation > Legal system > Fundamental rights
Social policy > Social groups > Status of women
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Schweizerische Hilfe für Mutter und Kind
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 105,001
Time used to collect signatures 535 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 00.089
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 394 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (8 Yes, 156 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 39 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
KVP
No
CSP
CVP
FDP
GPS
LPS
PdA
SPS
SVP
Free vote
EVP
Lega
SD
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 2.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
SGB
None
eco
SBV
SGV
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
EVP BE
SVP GE
SVP LU
SVP VS
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (18.25% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 41.70%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report PDF (in German)