As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access
by Via AP news wire
Mar 04, 2024
4 minutes
As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access wonder: Could that happen here?
Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and governments have been gradually expanding abortion rights, with some exceptions. Women can access abortion in more than 40 European nations from Portugal to Russia, with varying rules on how late in a pregnancy it is allowed. Abortion is banned or tightly restricted in Poland and a handful of tiny countries.
“It may not be an issue today in France, where a majority of people support abortion. But those same people may
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