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Macron moves to add abortion to France’s constitution, reacting to U.S.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/03/abortion-constitution-france/?
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President Emmanuel Macron on Friday submitted language for an amendment that would make France the first country to enshrine a right to abortion in its constitution.
But after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade last year and allowed states to outlaw abortion, French women clamored to further protect their right.
“The Dobbs case was very shocking in France,” said Mathilde Philip-Gay, a law professor at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University.
The language submitted this week will be reviewed by the Council of State, France’s highest administrative court, which acts in an advisory capacity.
Macron’s office confirmed Friday that he had submitted a draft reflecting the “freedom” language favored by the more conservative Senate.
Feminist groups have argued that a “right” would be more robust than a “freedom” and would more clearly confer an obligation on the government to provide access.
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