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

Vote: Recital A — part 1
Decision: No. 62 of the sitting of 11 Apr 2024
Result: 353 for · 138 against · 53 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 11 April 2024, 13:36

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Position: vote 21 of 37 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: ECR · split vote: ECR
Official label: B9-0205/2024 – Recital A/1
Text: Motion B-9-2024-0207
Dossier: 2024-2655
Vote id: 168038

Position: vote 21 of 37 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: ECR · split vote: ECR
Official label: B9-0205/2024 – Recital A/1
Text: Motion B-9-2024-0207
Dossier: 2024-2655
Vote id: 168038

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Adopted · 65 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “whereas access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including safe and legal abortion care, constitutes a fundamental right; whereas the fulfilment of SRHR is essential in upholding human dignity and is intrinsically linked to combating sexual and gender-based violence”

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Renew	For 35	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 23	Against 34	Abst. 11	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Greens	For 25	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 56	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 2	Against 13	Abst. 11	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
The Left	For 10	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
No group	For 3	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line —	Clear line No line
ECR	For 2	Against 21	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-04-11/168038
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 26 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Recital A — part 1 — Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights”. Vote, 11 April 2024. votingId 168038, reference 2024-2655. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-04-11/168038 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-11/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2024-04-11-168038,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital A — part 1 — Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-04-11/168038}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-04-11/168038},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 168038, reference 2024-2655. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}