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The EU does not have a say over sexual and reproductive rights, including abortion, as health policies are the competence of member states (Photo: Spacerowiczka)

MEPs urge putting abortion in EU rights charter

The European Parliament demanded on Thursday (7 July) the inclusion of the right to a legal and safe abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, following the controversial Supreme Court ruling overturning abortion rights in the US.

MEPs also seize the opportunity to urge the US Congress to pass a bill to protect abortion at the federal level.

The US Supreme Court on 24 June overruled the right to abortion established in the

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

The EU does not have a say over sexual and reproductive rights, including abortion, as health policies are the competence of member states (Photo: Spacerowiczka)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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