Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Tabled by JeanPaul Garraud, Christine Anderson

3. Removed: Urges the European Council to launch a Convention for the revision of the Treaties, as requested in its resolutions of 9 June 2022 and of 22 November 2023, and to adopt its proposal included in its resolution of 22 November 2023 to add sexual and reproductive healthcare and the right to safe and legal abortion to the Charter and amend it as follows: Article 3 Right to the integrity of the person and to bodily autonomy 2a. Everyone has the right to bodily autonomy, to free, informed, full and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and to all related healthcare services without discrimination, including access to safe and legal abortion; Added: Recalls that Member States have the sovereignty to decide on the lawfulness of abortion and to make their national law on access to abortion in accordance with this decision;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.611