President Emmanuel Macron said a draft project on making abortion rights constitutional would be submitted to France’s State Council this coming week.
PARIS: France’s president Emmanuel Macron said today that his government plans to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution to make them “irreversible”. In an online post, Macron said a draft project would be submitted to the State Council, France’s highest administrative court, this coming week, with a view to making abortion rights constitutional by the end of the year.The announcement follows a promise Macron made on International Women’s Day on March 8, which was seen as a response to the overturning of federal abortion rights in the US last year.
Constitutional revision in France requires either a referendum or approval by at least three-fifths of the members of both chambers of parliament.The termination of a pregnancy was decriminalised in France in 1975 and successive laws have since aimed at improving conditions for abortions, notably by protecting the health and anonymity of women, as well as reducing the financial burden of the procedure on women.
A November 2022 opinion poll found that 89% of respondents were in favour of making abortion rights constitutional.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
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