The Family Planning association, like many others, fought for the right to abortion to be enshrined in the Luxembourg constitution, and is now proud that any woman in Luxembourg may have the opportunity to end an unwanted pregnancy.
President of the Planning Familial board, Fatima Rougi, declared the association had more work than the previous year, with 82,000 calls or messages recorded in 2025. Speaking at the association's general assembly on Wednesday, Rougie explained the increase of around 6% was a clear sign that their services are both "in demand and useful".
The centres in Luxembourg City, Esch-sur-Alzette and Ettelbruck recorded 1,254 requests for an abortion in 2025, an increase of 5% on 2024. 990 interventions were performed at Planning Familial centres, a quarter more than the previous year.
Rougi underlined that these figures are only based on data collected by the association, as Luxembourg does not publish any official data.
Although voluntary abortion is to be included in the constitution, there are still plenty of challenges facing the association in the years to come.
Planning Familial is still campaigning for free condoms. Rougi said they had noticed society was moving away from the "Aids generation" and that condoms were being used far less often, even though they not only protect against unwanted pregnancy, but also limit the spread of sexually transmitted infections. The association is seeing an increase in the number of people with STIs.
Violence is also becoming increasingly more common, as the association offers support to those affected, putting them in contact with psychologists and other experts.
Planning Familial is also advocating to extend the deadline for an abortion to week 14 of a pregnancy, rather than the current week 12. Rougi said the association had to send many women abroad for treatment as they often did not detect the pregnancy until it was too late, and that frequently these patients tend to be women in precarious situations.
Sending a vulnerable woman to a foreign country in order to terminate a pregnancy acts as a kind of punishment, making a difficult situation even worse, Rougi argued.
