After being challenged in the United States, the European Parliament called Thursday for the protection of abortion rights to be included in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.
"Everyone has the rights to a safe, legal abortion": By 324 votes (155 for, 38 abstentions), MEPs gathered in Strasbourg in plenary to vote to ask the Council which represents the Member States to include this right into the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
This legally binding charter was adopted in 2000 and has the same legal value as the treaties.
According to the current EU treaties, inclusion of abortion in fundamental rights requires unanimity from member countries. This subject of society, however, divides the Twenty Seven.
MEPs asked the Council to "review a convention to revise treaties", in an effort to overturn the rule of unanimity. The European Parliament has reacted strongly to this request by condemning the "rollback in women's rights, sexual and reproductive health and right in certain Member States"
MEPs insist on their resolution that "EU countries should provide access to safe and legal abortion services, prenatal care services, contraception, voluntary family planning and contraception, as well as HIV prevention treatment, support and support without discrimination."
Before the American Supreme Court's decision, the French President Emmanuel Macron (who was taking over the rotating presidency) had in January requested that the charter of fundamental human rights include the right for abortion. The European Union.
It is also being proposed by the French government and his political party.
