PARIS (AP) \u2014 France\u2019s Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to enshrine a woman\u2019s right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation\u00a0promised by President Emmanuel Macron\u00a0in response to\u00a0a rollback in abortion rights in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday\u2019s vote came after the lower house, the National Assembly,\u00a0overwhelmingly approved the proposal\u00a0in January. The measure now goes before a joint session of parliament for its expected approval by a three-fifths majority next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macron said after the vote that his government is committed to \u201cmaking women\u2019s right to have an abortion irreversible by enshrining it in the constitution.\u201d He said on X, formerly Twitter, that he would convene a joint session of parliament for a final vote on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macron\u2019s government wants Article 34 of the constitution amended to specify that \u201cthe law determines the conditions by which is exercised the freedom of women to have recourse to an abortion, which is guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The senate adopted the bill on a vote of 267 in favor, and 50 against. \u201cThis vote is historic,\u201d Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said. \u201cThe Senate has written a new page in women\u2019s rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
None of France\u2019s major political parties represented in parliament has questioned the right to abortion, which was decriminalized in 1975. With both houses of parliament adopting the bill, Monday\u2019s joint session at the Palace of Versailles is expected to be largely a formality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government argued in its introduction to the bill that the right to abortion is threatened in the United States, where the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned a 50-year-old ruling that used to guarantee it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnfortunately, this event is not isolated: in many countries, even in Europe, there are currents of opinion that seek to hinder at any cost the freedom of women to terminate their pregnancy if they wish,\u201d the introduction to the French legislation says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Poland, a controversial tightening of the already restrictive abortion law led to\u00a0protests in the country last year\u00a0The Polish constitutional court ruled in 2020 that women could no longer terminate pregnancies in cases of severe fetal deformities, including Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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