The French Parliament voted for the enrollment explicitly in the Constitution the voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion).
France therefore becomes this Monday the first country to explicitly include the voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) in its constitution.
“We have a moral debt” to all the women who have “suffered in their flesh” from illegal abortions, said French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, by opening up the two chambers of Parliament together in Congress the debates aimed at registering in the Constitution the freedom to resort to abortion.
For his part, President Emanuel Macron who wants on March 8, the day of women’s rights is the subject of a “most open popular ceremony” will give a dedicated speech next Friday.