PARIS: France took a step closer to enshrining access to abortion in its constitution, after senators backed a bill Wednesday to include it as a “guaranteed freedom.”
Before the constitutional amendment becomes official, it must receive approval by three-fifths of all lawmakers in a special meeting called a congress, which is planned for Monday and considered to be a rubber stamp, since both houses have already supported the bill.While many politicians consider the move natural for the country that produced the universal rights of man, they also conceded the trigger came with US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Instead of declaring abortion a right, the change would declare abortion a “guaranteed freedom” overseen by Parliament’s laws.