← Votes·2022-07-07

US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "united states"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Health65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "health"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147305Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (324 for, 155 against, 38 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

324

Against

155

Abstain

Margin of victory

169 votes

Turnout (cast)

517

Absent

188

Participation rate

73.3%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 38Against 59Abstain 22Absent 60

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 3Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew101 MEPs

For 82Against 2Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 44Abstain 9Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 33Abstain 2Absent 30

The Left38 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

NI44 MEPs

For 11Against 11Abstain 2Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Germany43
Spain34
Romania18
Netherlands17

Most against

Italy35
Poland26
Hungary5
Malta3
Cyprus1

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Malta
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 5Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 1Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 28Abstain 2Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 35Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 13Against 26Abstain 5Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 9Abstain 1Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

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