Luxembourg’s parliament has taken a decisive step toward embedding abortion into the country’s Constitution. On Tuesday, March 3rd deputies voted by the required two-thirds majority to include the “freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG)” in the Basic Law.
Forty-eight MPs supported the reform, six voted against, and two abstained.
The amendment, introduced by Marc Baum of déi Lénk (The Left), would add to Article 15, which governs public freedoms:
The freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy is guaranteed. The law determines the conditions under which this freedom is exercised.
Baum described the move as a “strong signal for women’s self-determination” and said it aimed at “sustainably guaranteeing this freedom at the highest legal level.”
The procedure, however, is not yet complete. Constitutional amendments in Luxembourg require two votes at least three months apart, each supported by a two-thirds majority and without proxy voting.
The development comes amid broader efforts at European Union level to expand abortion access. In December 2025, the European Parliament voted—358 to 202, with 79 abstentions—in favour of creating an EU fund to support access to abortion across the bloc, including covering costs for women traveling from member states where the procedure is restricted.
The European Conservatives and Reformists group warned that such a fund would be an overreach, stressing that abortion policy remains a matter for member states. Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen cautioned against the promotion of “abortion tourism” within the Union, arguing that Europeans
must protect and cherish unborn life and give a voice to those who have none.
