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 ...
PARIS—France became the first country in the world to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in its constitution after French ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
For France, the next step will be to promote the inclusion of abortion in the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. This will give rise to debate, as was the case last year in France.
Abortion enjoys wide support in France ... There were jubilant scenes of celebrations all over France as women’s rights activists hailed the measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron ...
France’s historic move to amend its ... according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization. Access to abortion otherwise varies widely around the world.
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 ...