France is the first country in the world to include the right to abortion in the constitution
2024-03-04 13:12:51
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France is preparing to become the first country in the world to include the right to abortion in its Constitution, writes the BBC.
Today, parliamentarians from the Upper House and the Lower House will meet in an extraordinary session at the Palace of Versailles, called by President Emmanuel Macron.
If, as expected, they vote in favor of the government's motion with a three-fifths majority, then the country's 1958 constitution will be revised to provide "guaranteed freedom" for women to have an abortion.
It will be the 25th amendment to the founding document of the Fifth Republic and the first since 2008.
Polls show that around 85% of the French support the reform.
The resistance of the right in the parliament was not successful.
