- President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday a bill would be prepared “in the coming months” to enshrine in the Constitution the freedom to choose a “voluntary termination of a pregnancy.”.
- French efforts to protect and recognize abortion as an inalienable right were galvanized by the US Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion last year.
- Debate on safeguarding abortion rights through an amendment of the Constitution began last year in the National Assembly and continued this year in the Senate.
- Mr. Macron’s mention of a drafting of a constitutional law bill within “months” injected a new urgency into the process and gave it his personal imprimatur.
- Ms. Halimi was a Tunisian-born French attorney and socialist lawmaker widely recognized for her unstinting struggle for the legalization of abortion in France.
Macron Calls for Enshrining Right to Abortion in French Constitution
President Emmanuel Macron honored Gisèle Halimi, a lawyer who worked for the legalization of abortion, but some of her family members and supporters assailed his use of her legacy.
By Roger Cohen
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