French Senate approves a bill to make abortion a constitutional right

French Bishops Lament Country’s Enshrinement of Abortion in Constitution

Alfonso de Tomas National Assembly in Paris, France. In the wake of the vote on Monday, March 4, the amendment is expected to receive a final vote of approval at the Palace of Congresses in Versailles

Both parliamentary chambers in France approved Macron's initiative to secure abortion as “guaranteed freedom.” Feminists had campaigned for it.

The Conservative Senate has also approved President Macron's plan to enshrine the free choice of abortion in the Basic Law. This is also a response to the American approach to the issue.

President Macron wants to make the right to abortion “irreversible” by putting it in the constitution on Monday. The senate already voted with a broad vote...

Francia, arriva il sì del senato perché l’aborto sia una “libertà” garantita dalla Costituzione

La libertà di abortire garantita dalla costituzione. Mercoledì 28 febbraio il Senato francese ha approvato una proposta di legge per inserire nella Costituzione la libertà per le donne di abortire, con 267 voti a favore e 50 contrari. Ora manca solo l’ufficialità del voto del Congresso, previsto per il 4 marzo. La misura era stata promessa dal presidente Emmanuel Macron dopo l’arretramento dei diritti all’aborto nelle sentenze dei tribunali degl…

France Senate approves the inclusion of right to abortion in constitution

The French Senate adopted the constitutional bill to include the right to abortion in the French constitution on Wednesday. The Bill was passed with 267 senators voting in favour of the Bill and 50 against. The bill sought to enshrine the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy into Article 34 of the French constitution. Article 34 of the French constitution provides the Parliament’s duty to determine rules in various areas inclu…