The European Parliament has given strong support to the My Voice, My Choice European Citizens’ Initiative by voting to include it in the newly adopted Gender Equality Strategy 2025.
This follows the ALDE Party's recent resolution expressing strong support for the My Voice, My Choice initiative passed at Congress in October. The renewed mandate calls for safe and accessible abortion care and urges the Commssion to act without delay.
In a key vote on 13 November, MEPs backed the inclusion with 359 votes in favour and 200 against, signalling broad parliamentary recognition of the need to ensure safe and accessible abortion care across the EU.
The Gender Equality Strategy 2025 underlines the broad public backing for reproductive rights and points to the success of the My Voice, My Choice initiative, which seeks an EU financial solidarity mechanism. This would allow Member States to offer safe abortion care to EU citizens unable to access it at home.
The vote is an encouraging signal ahead of the upcoming plenary decision on a My Voice, My Choice resolution. It makes clear that reproductive rights are not a divisive issue, but a shared European value that unites citizens across countries.
The initiative now heads into a crucial phase. It will be presented at a European Parliament hearing on 2 December, with a plenary vote anticipated by mid-December that could further advance reproductive rights in Europe.
Abir Al-Sahlani MEP (Centerpartiet, SE) rapporteur for the resolution, underlined the fundamental principle at stake:
“Body autonomy belongs to women - not to politicians, not to the government. It’s time our citizens have equal rights.”
The ALDE Party continues to stand firmly for bodily autonomy and equal rights for all people in Europe.