What are the UK’s abortion laws as France becomes first country to make it a constitutional right
France has become the first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right.
In an exceptional joint session of parliament convened at the Palace of Versailles, a bill that will enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in France's constitution was approved in a 780-72 vote.
has been legal in France since 1975, and the vote makes it the first country to have a constitutional right to abortion since the former Yugoslavia inscribed it in its 1974 constitution. Serbia's 2006 constitution carries on that spirit, stating that "everyone has the right to decide on
