Overview
- The coalition agreement pledges to expand statutory health insurance coverage for abortion beyond existing rules.
- SPD leaders and constitutional court nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf interpret the clause as an indirect mandate to repeal §218 of the criminal code.
- Health Minister Nina Warken argues that raising the €1,500 net income limit would suffice to widen reimbursements without touching §218.
- CSU MP Stephan Pilsinger opposes any extension beyond means-testing, warning it would undermine the abortion statute and face constitutional challenges.
- No legislative proposal has been tabled so far, leaving the 1995 Schwangerschaftskonfliktgesetz in place, which covers about 60 percent of the roughly 100,000 annual procedures for low-income women who otherwise pay €300–400 out of pocket.