Pregnant lawmakers and new mothers will get the right to vote by proxy in the European Parliament under a rule change backed Thursday by the assembly, and now headed to member states for approval.

Voting at the EU body is currently only possible in person — something that critics said unfairly penalises women, as some might have to skip key sessions before or after giving birth.

On Thursday, lawmakers backed updating the rules to allow colleagues who are pregnant or have recently given birth to delegate a fellow parliamentarian to vote in their place.

“No woman should have to choose between serving her voters and having children,” Parliament President Roberta Metsola said, hailing the “landmark” proposal adopted to cheers from women’s rights advocates.

The changes would allow proxy vot

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