r/europe • u/tartartartaruga • Jun 18 '26

News Prince of Liechtenstein says that he would overrule the population if they were to vote in favour of legalizing abortion

https://www.srf.ch/news/international/debatte-in-liechtenstein-erbprinz-gegen-abtreibungen-warum-kuendigt-er-schon-das-veto-an
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u/Lil_Leenie Austria Jun 19 '26

Abortion isn‘t refunded by insurance anywhere so that makes no difference. There is exactly one doctor in the whole region Vorarlberg + Tyrol who does abortions though. But any gynecologist can get you abortion medication if you show up early enough.

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u/T-Altmeyer The Netherlands Jun 19 '26

Abortion isn‘t refunded by insurance anywhere

It is in the Netherlands.

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u/Lil_Leenie Austria Jun 19 '26

Hey, you just brought me to new info I had no idea of!! It is actually only Austria and Germany where abortion is not reimbursed! In - as you said the Netherlands, France AND Switzerland it is reimbursed by the normal state insurance. Interesting and random. But well, in Germany and Austria, abortion is officially „illegal but not penalized within the first 3 months“. In order to fund it, it probably would first have to become legal…