France has become the first country in the world to include the right to abortion in its constitution. Anti-abortion groups from all over the world were opposing this decision, let us tell you. Despite this, Macron’s government showed strictness and made a significant decision. 780 votes were cast in favor of this bill in the French Parliament. Only 72 votes were cast in opposition. Many abortion rights activists had gathered in Paris and welcomed this decision.
If we talk about the survey, the right to abortion received more support in France than in America or any other country. Here about 80 percent people considered this right to be true. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said, we are giving a message to all women. Your body is yours alone. No one else has the right to take decisions in this regard except you.
Let us tell you that in France, women have had the legal right to abortion since 1974. The legal right to abortion was abolished by the US Supreme Court in 2022 after overturning the Roe v Wade decision. According to CNN, French President Emmanuel Macron said that he had already promised women that they would have constitutional rights to abortion.
This amendment bill states that in France there is freedom with the guarantee of abortion. It is being reported that the French government will organize a significant program on the occasion of Women’s Day to commemorate this decision. The French leftists are considering this as their biggest victory. The Catholic Church also opposes this bill.
80 percent of France’s population supports abortion
France has a greater understanding of abortion rights than America and other countries. According to polls, about 80 percent of the people in France have supported the decision to grant legal rights to abortion.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal had said before voting on this bill that we are sending a message to all women that the body is yours and no one else will decide what to do with it.
In the French Parliament, a bill to amend Article 34 of the Constitution was approved earlier. To ensure that women have the right to abortion.
Women in France have had the legal right to abortion since the 1974 law, as we want to inform you. Which was criticized at that time, but after the 2022 decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn the Roe Vs Wade decision recognizing women’s constitutional right to abortion, the whole world was eyeing this step in France.
