Inclusion of abortion in the Constitution: who did 72 parliamentarians vote against?

The “for” victory was greeted with loud applause. But some made the choice to resist to the end. Deputies and senators meeting in Congress at Versailles on Monday largely approved the inclusion of voluntary abortion in the Constitution, with France becoming the first country to do so explicitly.

But among the 780 parliamentarians who supported the introduction of the main text of the proposal to Article 34: “The law determines the conditions under which a woman’s guaranteed freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy is exercised,” there were 72 elected officials. voted against.

Among them we consider 38 Republican senators Stars: Jean Bacci, Arnaud Bazin, Catherine Bellrity, Etienne Blanc, Christine Bonfanti-Dossa, Anne Chêne-Larchet, Alain Chatillon, Guillaume Chevrollier, Pierre Cuypers, Dominique de Legge, Alberic de Montgolfier, Louis-Jean de Nicolai, Chantal Desaine, Catherine Di Folco, Françoise Dumont, Laurent Duplomb, Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio, Christophe-André Frassa, Laurence Garnier, Pascal Gruny, Daniel Guéret, Muriel Jourda, Khalife Khalife, Daniel Laurent, Christine Lavard, Henri Leroy, Vivette Lopez, Brigitte Micoulot, Alain Milon, Sylvain Noel, Jean-Jacques Panunzi, Stéphane Pienoir, Christine Plushet, Frédéric Puisset, André Reichardt, Bruno Ritaillo, Bruno Sido and Philippe Tabarot.

On the part of the National Assembly, 12 elected officials of the Republic of Latvia joined this opposition. Stars: Thibaut Bazin, Anne-Laure Blain, Xavier Breton, Hubert Brigand, Josiane Corneloupe, Marie-Christine Dalloz, Philippe Gosselin, Patrick Hetzel, Marc Le Four, Jerome Nury, Nathalie Serre, Michel Tabarot.

Elected officials of LR and RN mobilized

Eleven deputies from the National Rally also opposed it. for the constitutional defense of abortion: Bénédicte Ozano, Christophe Benz, Caroline Colombier, Grégoire de Fournat, Hervé de Lépinau, Marie-France Loreau, Yael Menache, Pierre Meurin, Mathilde Paris, Stéphane Rambaud and Laurence Robert-Déo.

Six senators from the centrist Union also voted against. Stars: Brigitte Deveza, Alain Duffour, Loïc Hervé, Christine Herzog, Hervé Marcel and Lana Tetuanui.

These opponents were joined by Nathalie Bassire, a member of the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territorials party, Senator (and former minister) Jean-Baptiste Lemoine of the Rally of Democrats, Progressives and Independents, and unregistered deputies Véronique Besse and Emmanuel Menard. , as well as unregistered senator Stefan Ravier. Last in the Senate already condemned an initiative aimed at “pantheonizing abortion” by ensuring there is no “threat to abortion rights in our country.”

After the vote, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, praised “French pride” and the “universal message” sent to women. “Let us celebrate the new freedom guaranteed by the Constitution with the first sealing ceremony in our history open to the public. See you on March 8, International Women’s Rights Day,” the Head of State wrote in his published message. on.