France is the first country in the world to include the right to abortion in its constitution

The French deputies and senators, who met in a joint session, adopted it this Monday Majority of abortion registration in the constitutionIt is a reform that they considered “historic.”

In total, 780 out of 925 parliamentarians approved a constitutional reform that would amend Article 34 of the Magna Carta to include: “The freedom guaranteed to women to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy”.

The project sent by President Emmanuel Macron to preserve this right is threatened in other countries. It enjoyed great popular support and received support from all political partieswithout reservations on the left and more stipulated on the right and far right.

Only 72 representatives voted against it This reform, which makes France the first country to legalize abortion, is a reform that aims to inspire others and serve as a basis for women's struggle around the world, according to Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

“French pride is a global message”The president, who was unable to attend legislative deliberations due to a legal ban, wrote on the social network X.

Macron announced that a large ceremony will be held next Friday, coinciding with International Women's Rights Day, in front of the Ministry of Justice, where the public will be able for the first time in history to attend the issuance of a law by the president.

People felt an explosion of joy in Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel TowerNext to the Human Rights Memorial, where hundreds of abortion advocates gathered in front of a giant screen broadcasting the congressional session.

“My body, my choice,” he wrote The famous Parisian monument Marking this “historic” progress in the country.

Several political leaders spoke out to ensure that although abortion is not being questioned in France at the moment, More than eight out of ten French people support its inclusion in the constitutionIt may be in the future and its inclusion in the Magna Carta makes it difficult to review.

They gave the example of what happened in other countries, Such as in the United States, Poland, Hungary or ArgentinaThey confirmed that President Javier Miley is preparing to abolish the right to abortion.

Although most far-right representatives voted in favor of reform, Its leaders struck a contradictory note that dayConsidering that it is a maneuver by the president to hide his parliamentary weakness.

He said, “We will vote on this constitution because it does not pose any problem for us.” But who is there to talk about a historic day no. “It is a day that Emmanuel Macron exploited for his own glory,” the far-right leader said. Marine Le Pen.

Its parliamentarians defended that “with this reform nothing will change,” and stressed that “many miscarriages could be avoided through better sexual advice for women and greater financial assistance to pregnant women.”

Some conservative parliamentarians expressed doubts about whether the approved reform could violate doctors' freedom to object to performing abortions on the basis of conscientious objection.

But the vast majority of legislators considered this day “historic” and a step forward in the feminist struggle and a battle in which abortion opponents won.

Source: Efi