In contrast to the United States Supreme Court's decision overturning abortion rights, France's vote to enshrine them into its constitution looks like a feminist dream. In his triumphant speech ...

a social reformer who wrote the “declaration of the rights of women and female citizens” in 1791; Simone Veil, a former health minister who introduced a 1975 law legalising abortion in France ...

France has enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, in a ceremony on International Women’s Day. Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but while several other countries ...

Abortion was legalised in France in 1975 in a law championed by health minister Simone Veil, a women's rights icon granted the rare honour of burial at the Pantheon after her death in 2018.

PARIS — (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France's constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman's ...

And while several other countries include reproductive rights in their constitutions - France is the first to explicitly state that an abortion will be guaranteed. It becomes the 25th amendment to ...

or lifelong battles for reproductive rights. While abortion is a deeply divisive issue in the United States, it's legal in nearly all of Europe and overwhelmingly supported in France, where it's ...

Abortion rights are more widely accepted in France than in the United States and many other countries, with polls showing around 80% of French people back the fact that abortion is legal.

PARIS (AP) — France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women’s rights on International Women’s Day. Justice Minister ...

Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but while several other countries include reproductive rights in their constitutions, France is the first to explicitly state that an abortion will be ...