Answer given by Ms Lahbib on behalf of the European Commission

24.3.2025

1. The Commission is committed to improving the health of all European people. The Commission is not funding specific projects related to the introduction of legal abortion in Member States, nor projects aiming to introduce more liberal abortion legislation.

2. Two organisations receive funding from the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme in the form of operating grant, i.e. funding for their core support and everyday functioning (not for specific projects), namely the European Women’s Lobby and the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network. In the last five years (2019-2023, the last closed year) they received in total EUR 6 945 159.

3. The objectives of operating grants provided to civil society organisations from the CERV programme in the field of EU values and gender equality are to support, advance and implement comprehensive policies to promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work-life balance, equal pay between women and men, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming.