French President Emmanuel Macron has signed a law guaranteeing women’s right to abortion at the highest legislative level. The relevant document was published in the official gazette of the Fifth Republic on March 9.
Thus, France became the first country in the world to include women’s right to abortion in the constitution.
The following article was added to the 1958 Constitution: “The right of women to freely resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy is guaranteed by law.” This is the 25th amendment to the founding document of modern France and the first since 2008.
While 780 deputies voted to add the article to the constitution, 72 deputies voted against it.
The signing of the law took place in Paris on March 8, International Women’s Day.
At the same time, the issue of banning abortion in private clinics in Russia is also being discussed. Against this background in the Pskov region introduced Fines for those who encourage women to terminate their pregnancies. According to Rosstat, as a result of the decrease in the number of abortions in the country, grew up Number of sterilizations among women
Former member of parliament offered Buy children from women who want to have an abortion.