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France becomes first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution

FRENCH legislators overwhelmingly approved a Bill on Monday that enshrines abortion rights in the constitution.

France now becomes the only country in the world to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.

The historic legislation was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron to prevent any erosion of abortion rights, as seen in the United States and Poland in recent years.

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