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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