France becomes the first country in the world to protect the right to abortion in its Constitution

The deputies and senators Frenchmeeting in a joint session, approved this Monday by majority the registration of the abortion in the Constitution, a reform that they considered “historic”.

In total, 780 of the 925 parliamentarians approved a constitutional reform that will modify article 34 of the Magna Carta include “guaranteeing women’s freedom to resort to voluntary interruption of pregnancy.”

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The project, approved by the president, Emmanuel Macronto preserve this threatened right In other countries, it had great popular support and received support from all political parties, without reservations on the left and more conditioned on the right and extreme right.

Only 72 deputies voted against this reform which makes France in the first country to constitutionalize abortion, a reform that aims to inspire others and serve as a basis for the struggle of women around the world, according to the prime minister, Gabriel Attal.

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Macron announced a large ceremony next Friday, coinciding with International Women’s Rights Day, in front of the Justice ministrywhere for the first time in history the public will be able to watch the promulgation of a law by the president.

An explosion of joy was felt in the Plaza del TrocadéroFront of Eiffel Towernext to the Human Rights monument, where hundreds of abortion supporters gathered in front of a large screen broadcasting the Congress session.

“My body, my choice”, was inscribed on the famous Parisian monument to mark this progress.”historic” in the country.

Numerous political leaders took the floor to ensure that although abortion is not questioned in France at the moment, with more than eight in ten French people in favor of registering with Constitutionmay be in the future and introduced into the Magna Carta makes review difficult.

They gave as an example what happened in other countries, such as United States, Poland, Hungary or Argentinawhere they assured that the president, Javier Milei, is preparing to eliminate the right to abortion.

Although the majority of far-right deputies voted in favor of the reform, their leaders struck a discordant note on the day, considering that it was a maneuver by the president to hide his parliamentary fragility.

“Let’s vote on this. constitutionalization, because it does not represent any problem for us, but from then on we cannot talk about a historic day. “It is a day instrumentalized by Emmanuel Macron for his own glory.”said the leader of the far right Marina LePen.

Its parliamentarians argued that “With this reform nothing changes” and they assured that “Many miscarriages can be prevented with better sexual counseling for women and greater financial help for pregnant women.”.

Some parliamentarians conservatives expressed their doubts about whether the adopted reform could threaten the freedom of doctors to oppose the performance of abortions on the basis of conscientious objection.

But the vast majority of legislators considered “historic”the day, a step forward in feminist struggle and a battle won for those who oppose abortion.

Source: Elcomercio

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