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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:30 AM Yesterday

The initiative 'My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion' was submitted to the EU Commission on 1 Sept





https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000004_en

Objectives

The “My Voice, My Choice” campaign offers the people of Europe the chance to make women's lives freer, safer, and better; wherever they live in our union, whatever conditions they may find themselves in.

The lack of access to abortion in many parts of Europe not only puts women at risk of physical harm but also puts undue economic and mental stress on women and families, often on the margins of society that can afford it the least. It has been well documented that treating reproductive care as a luxury does not reduce abortions, it simply drives women to seek unsafe abortions.

To change this we are asking the European Commission to - in the spirit of solidarity - submit a proposal for financial support to Member States that would be able to perform safe termination of pregnancies for anyone in Europe who still lacks access to safe and legal abortion.

Countless lives and livelihoods are ended, disrupted, and lost because of lack of access to safe abortion. This must stop. With this European Citizens' Initiative, we will move to a more just policy that expresses our European values more compassionately and concretely.


Number of valid statements of support

Country Statements of support Threshold Percentage

Austria 25,373 13,395 189.42%
Belgium 18,313 14,805 123.69%
Bulgaria 6,552 11,985 54.67%
Croatia 65,963 8,460 779.70%
Cyprus 3,228 4,230 76.31%
Czechia 11,569 14,805 78.14%
Denmark 19,652 9,870 199.11%
Estonia 4,894 4,935 99.17%
Finland 66,565 9,870 674.42%
France 169,759 55,695 304.80%
Germany 167,550 67,680 247.56%
Greece 43,214 14,805 291.89%
Hungary 16,765 14,805 113.24%
Ireland 12,885 9,165 140.59%
Italy 161,168 53,580 300.80%
Latvia 4,779 5,640 84.73%
Lithuania 5,693 7,755 73.41%
Luxembourg 2,821 4,230 66.69%
Malta 4,278 4,230 101.13%
Netherlands 34,467 20,445 168.58%
Poland 43,297 36,660 118.10%
Portugal 17,824 14,805 120.39%
Romania 67,402 23,265 289.71%
Slovakia 7,542 9,870 76.41%
Slovenia 59,508 5,640 1,055.11%
Spain 59,642 41,595 143.39%
Sweden 23,810 14,805 160.82%

Total number of signatories 1,124,513
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