The European Commission has said EU countries can “voluntarily and in accordance with their national laws” use an existing social fund to provide women from across the bloc access to abortions, in response to a petition by campaigners. The commission stopped short of allocating additional funds for access to the procedure, however. The announcement,
The European Commission has issued its formal response to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “My Voice My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion” , which gathered more than 1.1 million signatures across the EU. The initiative is the twelfth to receive an official reply since the ECI mechanism was introduced in 2012, allowing citizens to directly
The EU is set to respond on Thursday to a petition urging it to facilitate safe access to abortion for all European women, after the appeal gathered over one million signatures. Launched last year, the My Voice, My Choice campaign urged Brussels to help women from EU countries where abortion is not readily available to undergo the procedure elsewhere
