First-reading approval of the constitutional amendments on the right to abortion and citizenship
What's at stake: Approval would, for the first time, write the right to abortion into the constitution while also opening the door to stripping citizenship from people with dual citizenship, which critics argue risks creating citizenships of different strength and could affect even children whose parents provided incorrect information.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the Riksdag should, as a first step, give pending (first-reading) approval to the government's combined package of constitutional amendments - which write the right to abortion into the constitution while also opening the door to revoking citizenship in certain cases - or whether the citizenship amendments should be rejected already at this stage.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment on every point and proposes that the Riksdag give pending approval to the government's proposed amendments to the Instrument of Government, which write the right to abortion into the constitution as a fundamental right while also opening the possibility of stripping citizenship from someone who acquired it through false information or who has been convicted of a crime that seriously harms Sweden's vital interests.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V)
The Left Party opposes the amendments to the Instrument of Government that would make it possible to revoke citizenship, arguing that they break with the principle that citizenship should be equal for all and risk creating citizenships of different strength; the party also notes that children could lose citizenship because of information provided by their parents, which may conflict with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention, that the provision on crimes against Sweden's vital interests goes further than what the 2023 Committee on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms proposed without referral bodies getting to comment on the final wording, and that the lack of a catalogue of offences opens the door to arbitrary revocation that risks eroding the protection of citizenship; the party wants the Riksdag to reject the amendments on citizenship.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
–
No 0/20/0/1
S
–
Yes 106/0/0/0
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/18/0
C
–
Abstain 0/0/24/0
L
–
Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
–
Yes 19/0/0/0
M
–
Yes 65/0/0/1
SD
–
Yes 70/0/0/0
Committee proposal
Parliament adopts the government's proposal for a law amending the Instrument of Government as a pending matter.
Thus parliament approves proposition 2025/26:78 and rejects the motions
2025/26:3893 by Jan Riise et al. (MP) points 2 and 3,
2025/26:3894 by Muharrem Demirok et al. (C) points 1 and 4 and
2025/26:3895 by Nooshi Dadgostar et al. (V) points 1-3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar som vilande regeringens förslag till lag om ändring i regeringsformen.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2025/26:78 och avslår motionerna
2025/26:3893 av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 2 och 3,
2025/26:3894 av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C) yrkandena 1 och 4 samt
2025/26:3895 av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V) yrkandena 1-3.
Riksdag decision: The government proposes, among other things, that the right to abortion is introduced in the Instrument of Government as a new fundamental freedom and right. Parliament approved as a pending matter the government's proposal for amendments to the Instrument of Government.
The government's proposal means, among other things, that
- the right to abortion is introduced as a new fundamental freedom and right in the Instrument of Government
- it becomes possible to issue regulations that Swedish citizenship shall be revoked from someone with dual citizenship who has obtained citizenship on erroneous grounds or who has been convicted of a crime that seriously damages Sweden's vital interests
- freedom of association can be restricted when it comes to associations that engage in serious criminal activity in order to achieve economic gain or other improper advantage.
Since the proposal concerns constitutional amendments, it is required that parliament votes on the proposal twice and that a parliamentary election is held between the votes. This is the first decision on the proposal. Parliament approved adopting the proposal as a pending matter.
The legal amendments come into force on 1 January 2027.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to reject the proposed changes to the Constitution on citizenship revocation and restrictions on abortion rights for non-Swedish citizens. (V) — Reservation 1
Motion 2025/26:1730 — Svenska medborgarskap beviljade efter 2000 av Boriana Åberg och Jan Ericson (båda M)
Motion 2025/26:2045 — Indraget dubbelt medborgarskap vid brott av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:3583 — Demokrati och konstitutionella frågor av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:3586 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:3591 — Jämställdhet och mäns våld mot kvinnor av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:3645 — Utgiftsområde 9 Hälsovård, sjukvård och social omsorg av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:3793 — Indragande av dubbelt medborgarskap vid brott av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:3893 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:78 En grundlagsskyddad aborträtt samt utökade möjligheter att begränsa föreningsfriheten och rätten till medborgarskap av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:3894 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:78 En grundlagsskyddad aborträtt samt utökade möjligheter att begränsa föreningsfriheten och rätten till medborgarskap av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:3895 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:78 En grundlagsskyddad aborträtt samt utökade möjligheter att begränsa föreningsfriheten och rätten till medborgarskap av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
Proposition 2025/26:78 — En grundlagsskyddad aborträtt samt utökade möjligheter att begränsa föreningsfriheten och rätten till medborgarskap