Anna Záborská (born 7 June 1948 in Zürich) is a Slovak politician of the Christian Union party, living in Bojnice. From 2004 to 2019 she was a Member of the European Parliament, where she was a member of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP). She was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement party (KDH). Personal life Education From 1966 to 1972 she studied medicine at the Comenius University (Univerzita Komenského) in Martin, Slovakia (Turčiansky Svätý Martin). Family On 10 July 1972 she married the architect Vladimír Záborský; together they have two children: Veronika (*1973, living in Rome) and Eva (*1976, living in Bojnice). Medical doctor She worked from 1972 to 1998 as a medical doctor in Žilina, Béjaïa (Algeria) and Prievidza. Political positions Záborská is known for having strong anti-abortion views. In 2020, she has proposed an anti-abortion bill to the National Council of the Slovak Republic, however, it did not pass. In 2021, she voted to pass a proposal to amend the constitution, which would tie one's legal sex to that assigned at birth, effectively prohibiting transgender people from changing their legal sex. The bill would also amend the constitution to say that "parents are a father - a man, and a mother - woman." Political career Her political engagement was heavily influenced by her father, the medical doctor Anton Neuwirth (1921-2004), activist of Catholic Action, political prisoner, Member of Parliament, Presidential candidate, Honorary President of KDH and Ambassador. In the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) she served from 1999 to 2000 as vice-president for international relations. From 1998 to 2004 she was a member of the Slovak National Parliament "National Council" (Národná rada), where she worked primarily in the EU-Slovakia Joint Parliamentary Committee, which prepared the Slovak EU membership in 2004. European Parliament In 2003 she was nominated as observer in the European Parliament (EP). In 2004 she was elected as Member of the European Parliament, where she was elected President of the EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2004-2009). During that legislature she was as well member of the EP Committee on Development (2004-2009) and member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-2009). In 2009 she was reelected to the EP. She stayed member of the EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2009-2014) and member of the EP Committee on Development (2009-2014), became in addition member of the