Lithuanian parliament debates free abortion bill

May 13, 2025
Domantė Platūkytė

A proposed Reproductive Health Law returned to Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday, reigniting debate over abortion access, public health spending, and reproductive rights. The bill passed the first reading on Tuesday.

The bill, introduced by Social Democrat MP Birutė Vėsaitė, seeks to enshrine reproductive health as a legal right and ensure free access to abortion services, shifting current regulations from a ministerial decree into formal legislation.

Continued: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2560816/lithuanian-parliament-debates-free-abortion-bill

13.05.2025

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

‘Simpler and safer’: Medical abortion becomes legal in Lithuania

Goda Malinauskaitė, LRT TV, LRT.lt
january 2, 2023

Medical abortion becomes legal in Lithuania as of January. Women wishing to terminate pregnancy medically will be able to do so until the ninth week of pregnancy.

Those opting for medical abortion will first need to consult with an obstetrician-gynaecologist.

“First, the doctor must provide all the information related to the procedure. If the patient decides to terminate the pregnancy medically, the doctor prescribes a prescription medicine,” Inga Cechanovičienė, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry, told LRT TV.

Continued: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1857115/simpler-and-safer-medical-abortion-becomes-legal-in-lithuania

02.01.2023

Virgilijus Rudzinskas

Vytautas Klimas

World Federation of Doctors who Respect Human Life

Council of Europe warns on backlash to abortion access

Council of Europe warns on backlash to abortion access

By Caterina Tani
BRUSSELS, Dec 6, 2017

A backlash against access to abortion in some EU member states in the past few years is "deeply troubling", the Council of Europe warned on Tuesday (5 December).

In the majority of EU countries abortions are legal, but in some states a wave of "retrogressive restrictions" are threatening women's health and well-being, the European human rights organisation's report said.

Continued at source: https://euobserver.com/health/140158

LITHUANIA- Lithuanian Parliament to discuss restricting access to abortion

LITHUANIA- Lithuanian Parliament to discuss restricting access to abortion
by International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion
Oct 23, 2017

The Lithuanian Parliament is due to discuss a draft law that would strongly restrict women’s access to legal abortion leaving only two options for accessing the procedure: when women’s life and health are in danger and in cases of rape. The text was proposed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania who have since 2005 unsuccessfully tried to submit bills to criminalise abortion.

In response, the ASTRA Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights sent letters to the Lithuanian President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Seimas, calling for rejection of this bill.

Continued at source: http://www.safeabortionwomensright.org/lithuania-lithuanian-parliament-to-discuss-restricting-access-to-abortion/

Lithuanian Parliament to consider restricting access to abortion

Lithuanian Parliament to consider restricting access to abortion
Oct 16, 2017

Lithuanian Parliament will, in the coming weeks, discuss a draft law that would strongly restrict women’s access to legal abortion leaving only two options for accessing the procedure: when women's life and health are in danger and in cases of rape. If adopted, this law would put Lithuania among countries with the strictest laws on abortion in Europe. The draft law had been proposed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania who Since 2005 unsuccessfully tried to submit bills to penalize abortion.

Continued at source: http://www.astra.org.pl/repronews/541-lithuanian-parliament-to-consider-restricting-access-to-abortion.html

16.10.2017

Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania

Written Declaration No. 645

Polish Minority Party Wants to Ban Abortions in Lithuania

Polish Minority Party Wants to Ban Abortions in Lithuania
February 28, 2017
by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The party representing the Polish minority in Lithuania plans to submit a draft law that would make abortion illegal in the country.

Rita Tamašunienė and Valdemaras Tomaševkis, representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania - Christian Families Alliance political group, announced on February 20 that they plan to submit a proposal to ban abortions this spring.

Continued at source: Liberties.eu: http://www.liberties.eu/en/news/lithuania-abortion-ban-initiative

28.02.2017