Parliamentarians voted to revise the country's 1958 constitution to enshrine women's "guaranteed freedom" to abort. The overwhelming 780-72 vote saw a standing ovation in the parliament in ...
A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) found the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance in the right-leaning ...
France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right, a global first ... In a poll in November 2022, 86 percent of French ...
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.
French lawmakers have voted to make abortion a constitutional right, a move in response to the United States curbing access to the procedure. At a joint session of parliament on Monday, French ...
President says France ‘will not rest until promise is kept throughout world’, as it becomes first to explicitly protect rights In an emotional ceremony marking the enshrining of the right to ...
PARIS -- France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, in a world first and a powerful message of support to women around the globe on International Women's Day.
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 ...
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 ...
March 4 (UPI) --France became the first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right after French lawmakers ...