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Initiative «Financing abortion is a private matter»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Abtreibungsfinanzierung ist Privatsache – Entlastung der Krankenversicherung durch Streichung der Kosten des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs aus der obligatorischen Grundversicherung»
Voting day 09.02.2014
Voting result Rejected (30.18% Yes votes and 0.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 579
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social security > Health and accident insurance
State organisation > Legal system > Criminal law
Social policy > Social groups > Status of women
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators überparteiliches Komitee
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 109,597
Time used to collect signatures 524 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 12.052
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 506 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (33 Yes, 155 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (5 Yes, 37 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
EVP
KVP
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
FDP
FPS
GLP
GPS
PdA
SPS
Free vote
SD
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 29.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
SGB
TravS
None
SBV
Deviating party sections
No
SVP JU
SVP VD
Free vote
SVP FR
SVP GE
SVP GR
Number of adverts in print media 38
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 43%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 72
Media coverage: tonality -35 (predominantly negative)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (30.18% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.5 Yes, 22.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
AI
Turnout 56.41%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)