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On Tuesday 3 March 2026, Luxembourg became the second country in the world (after France in 2024) to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution.
The proposed amendment was adopted in the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg's parliament) with 48 votes in favour, six against and two abstentions in the first constitutional vote.
Since this is a constitutional amendment, the applicable procedure is stricter than for an ordinary law, according to the Chamber of Deputies. Any constitutional amendment requires two successive votes separated by an interval of at least three months and two votes by a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of parliament (compared to a simple majority for ordinary laws). Proxy votes are not permitted.
The author of the proposed constitutional amendment, Marc Baum of the Left (déi Lénk) party, is also the rapporteur for the file. The objective of the text is to enshrine the right to abortion in Luxembourg's fundamental law.
The amendment consists of a single article. Article 15, paragraph 3 of the Constitution is supplemented by a new third paragraph, translated into English as follows:
"The freedom to have access to voluntary termination of pregnancy is guaranteed. The law determines the conditions under which this freedom is exercised."
Back in September 2025, a rally took place in front of parliament calling for the inclusion of abortion rights in the Luxembourg Constitution.
