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Follow up to the European Parliament non-legislative resolution on the European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion’
Resolution tabled pursuant to Rule 228(8) of the European Parliament's Rules of procedure
References: 2025/3007(RSP) / B10-0558/2025 / P10_TA(2025)0338
Date of adoption of the resolution: 17 December 2025
Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Brief analysis/ assessment of the resolution and requests made in it:
The resolution calls on the Commission, in line with the ‘My Voice, My Choice’ European Citizen’s initiative (ECI) proposal, to set up an opt-in mechanism that is open to Member States on a voluntary basis, with EU financial support to ensure solidarity, without interfering with national laws and regulations; It calls on the Commission to submit a proposal to provide Member States with financial support to enable them to provide safe termination of pregnancies, in accordance with their domestic law, for anyone in the EU who still lacks access to safe and legal abortion. It calls on the Commission to ensure the proposal of the European Citizen’s Initiative is included in the current and next Multi-annual Financial Framework, to continue improving health across Europe and support Member State action in promoting sexual and reproductive healthcare.
Response to the requests in the resolution and overview of the action taken, or intended to be taken, by the Commission:
The Commission has responded to the ECI “My Voice, My Choice” in the form of a Commission Communication, adopted on 26th February 2026 in line with Regulation EU 2019/788
In its reply, the Commission has reiterated principle 2 from its Roadmap for Women’s Rights, (“The highest standard of health: every woman has a right to the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health”) and that upholding and advancing this principle includes pursuing the objective of ‘protecting women’s health by supporting and complementing, in full respect of the Treaties, health action by the Member States regarding women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Commission highlighted that Member States may, if they wish, use the ESF+ to improve equal access to legally available and affordable healthcare services, including safe abortion services. With regard to the demand to ensure the support is included in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the Commission reiterates that its proposed Regulations for the next MFF are currently under negotiation between the European Parliament and the Council.