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In a letter sent Wednesday to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other officials, the groups demand action on the &#8220;My Voice, My Choice&#8221; European Citizens&#8217; Initiative (ECI), which collected over one million signatures in 2025. The initiative seeks to &#8220;facilitate and safeguard&#8221; abortion access across the bloc, framing it as a solution to &#8220;threats&#8221; on women&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission must decide by March 2 whether to propose legislation. Proponents insist the fund would be voluntary for member states and not undermine national health systems. However, this push exemplifies the radical left&#8217;s assault on the sanctity of unborn life, treating abortion as a &#8220;fundamental human right&#8221; per a January 21 opinion from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservatives fiercely oppose, warning of abortion tourism financed by EU taxpayers. German MEP Christine Anderson (ESN) branded the ECI a &#8220;cult of death,&#8221; arguing it erodes national sovereignty over health policy\u2014a core EU competence reserved for states. Pro-life voices decry the initiative as opening doors to taxpayer-funded destruction of innocents, prioritizing ideological agendas over moral protections for the vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission reiterated on December 16 that the ECI doesn&#8217;t interfere with national abortion laws. Yet this mounting pressure highlights Brussels&#8217; overreach, threatening Europe&#8217;s Christian heritage and family values. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 170 leftist civil society organizations, including the Center for Reproductive Rights and International Planned Parenthood Federation, are ramping up pressure on the European Commission to establish an EU-wide abortion support fund. 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