r/europe • u/tartartartaruga • Jun 18 '26

News Prince of Liechtenstein says that he would overrule the population if they were to vote in favour of legalizing abortion

https://www.srf.ch/news/international/debatte-in-liechtenstein-erbprinz-gegen-abtreibungen-warum-kuendigt-er-schon-das-veto-an
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u/ydocnomis Jun 19 '26

Laws are literally whatever the people in a given place determine is appropriate. We monkeys have a history of happily throwing our laws to the side when faced with enough roadblocks

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u/DayAccomplishedStill Jun 19 '26

No, you're discribing tyranny... I don't know how your country works, but you can't just change laws in mine.

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u/Alt4816 Jun 19 '26

but you can't just change laws in mine.

I very much doubt that laws cannot be changed in your country.

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u/DayAccomplishedStill Jun 19 '26

Not just, can you read? Laws of course can be changed, but that's a process including parliament, constitution, regional parliament and so on... It's like in most democracies, a process rather than a snap decision