French MPs on Monday approved a bill to implement the rights of abortion in the French Constitution, making it the only country, which voluntarily guarantees a woman’s right to end pregnancy.
Historic steps were proposed as a way to stop the rollback of abortion rights seen in the United States by President Emmanuel Macron in the United States, and during a special joint session of Parliament, votes were long between MPs Draw the running ovation.
This remedy was approved in 780-72 votes in Versay’s Palace. Abortion has widespread support in France in most political spectrums, and has been legal since 1975.
Many women MLAs smiled on a large scale in the hall as they were happy. There were also jubilant scenes of ceremonies across France as women’s rights activists welcomed the promised measures by the US Supreme Court in 2022 soon after the Dobs verdict.
Both houses of Parliament, National Assembly and Senate, had already adopted a separate bill – as required – to amend Article 34 of the French Constitution. The remedy specifies that “the law determines the conditions by which the freedom of women is used for abortion, which is guaranteed.”
The French remedy is seen as a step ahead in its guarantee of abortion rights, a case in Egoslavia, which stated in the 1974 constitution that “a person is free to decide to be a child.” Yugoslavia was dissolved in the early 1990s, and all its successor states have adopted similar measures in their formation that legally enable women to abort, although they do not clearly guarantee it. Are.
Under the leadership of historic votes, French Prime Minister Gabriel Atal addressed 925 MPs gathered for the joint session in Versay, and calls them France a woman in the rights of women and setting up an example for countries around the world Did.
“We have a moral debt for women,” said Atil. He paid homage to a prominent MLA, former Health Minister and leading feminist Simon Veel, who in 1975 made the bill to be champions in France reduced abortion.
“We have a chance to change history,” Atil said in a walk and prescribed speech. “Simone veil proud,” he asked for a standing ovation.
The Legislative Assembly approved the proposal in January, and the Senate adopted it on Wednesday. In the joint session, the three-fiveth part was also required to be written in the Constitution.
No major political parties in France have questioned the right to abortion, including Marine Le Penn’s remote national rally party and orthodox Republican.
Le Penn, who won the record number seats in the National Assembly two years ago, said on Monday that his party planned to vote in favor of the bill but said “There is no need to make it a historic day”.
Recently a pole showed support for abortion rights among more than 80%of French people, in line with previous surveys. This poll also revealed that most people are in favor of implementing it in the Constitution.
There were scenes of ceremonies around France even before the joint parliamentary session began.
Sara Durochar, a leader in the family planning movement, said Monday’s vote is “a victory for feminists and a defeat for anti -activists.”
With the right to abortion in the constitution, women’s rights and equality workers said that it would be very difficult to prevent women from ending pregnancy voluntarily, said women’s rights and equality workers.
“We increased the level of security for this fundamental right,” said Anne-Sekel Melfurt of the Women’s Foundation. “This is the right to abortion for women in France today and in future.”
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether mifaprystone, the most commonly used drug for drug abortion, will be accessible by mail.
The government in its introduction to the bill argued that the right to abortion in the United States was in danger, where in 2022 the Supreme Court had overturned the 50 -year -old judgment that guaranteed it.
The French law states, “Unfortunately, this incident is not isolated: In many countries, even in Europe, there are streams of opinions that try to obstruct at any cost, if they want So stop the freedom of women to end your pregnancy. “
The US Supreme Court’s decision to take away women of the right to abortion has revived Europe’s political scenario, bringing the issue back into public debate in France at the time of political upheaval.
Maithilde Philip-G, a law professor and an expert in French and American Constitutional Law, warned against reducing pressure on legislators for women’s rights that they as far-flung parties-on the rights of women To curb-are firm-achieve political effects and they are chosen as governments. In Europe and other places.
“This may not be an issue in France, where most people support abortion,” said Philip-G. “But the same people can vote for a far-flung government one day, and what happened in America can be elsewhere in Europe including France.”
Philip-G said that the French Constitution would make abortion difficult for future abortion to challenge these rights, but it would not prevent them from doing so with the right political strategy in a long time, “Philip- Gay said.
“This is just a moment that we thought we have achieved to fade,” said in her address in a joint session, the first female president of the French Parliament.
Amendment to the Constitution is a laborious process and a rare event in France. Since it was implemented in 1958, the French Constitution has been amended 17 times. The last time was in 2008, when Parliament was granted more powers and French citizens were empowered to bring their complaints to the Constitutional Court.
Barbara Surk reported from Nice.