US EditionFrench Senate approves a bill to make abortion a constitutional right
- France's Senate unanimously approved a bill to amend the constitution, safeguarding women's right to abortion.
- The proposal must now pass a joint session of parliament next week.
- The French government aims to secure women's abortion rights permanently with this constitutional amendment.
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France recorded 234,300 abortions in a single year in 2022, according to French government data
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…
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