Luxembourg: first vote to place abortion in the Constitution
Luxembourg - “The freedom to have recourse to voluntary termination of pregnancy is guaranteed. The law shall determine the conditions under which that freedom is exercised.” That is the formula approved by Luxembourg’s Chambre des Députés on 3 March 2026 in the first constitutional vote on proposed revision No. 8379. The step is politically significant, but in legal terms it must be made clear that the reform has not yet been completed, because an amendment to the Luxembourg Constitution requires two successive votes, separated by at least three months, both with a two-thirds majority.
How the proposal originated
The initiative came from deputy Marc Baum of déi Lénk, who tabled the proposal on 7 May 2024. The original text was broader than the version that has now reached the first vote: it stated that “the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy as well as the right to contraception are guaranteed. The law shall determine the conditions under which free and effective …