APPROVED
A first for abortion
A constitutional right for France
France became the world’s first country to explicitly enshrine abortion rights into its constitution amid a rollback in reproductive rights in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Following a final vote on March 4, the bill was approved by members of Parliament summoned to Paris by President Emmanuel Macron for a special meeting. The historic bill needed at least three-fifths of the vote to pass. Macron’s government