European Parliament · 9 October 2025

Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society

Amendment

Rejected

This was a vote on one amendment to the text, not on the text as a whole.

204 in favour · 372 against · 10 abstained. 586 of 720 members voted; 134 did not.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

Calls on the Member States to take measures to ensure the safety of women, particularly regarding border protection
Calls on the Member States to put in place early childhood care policies to help women who wish to have children do so in good conditions
Calls on the Commission and the Council to condemn all forms of commercial exploitation of women’s bodies and motherhood, in particular surrogacy

Quoted from B10-0409/2025, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.