French Senate approves bill to make abortion a constitutional right
FRANCE’S Senate has adopted a Bill on to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron.
Wednesday’s vote followed the lower-house National Assembly giving overwhelming backing to the proposal in January. The measure now goes before a joint session of parliament for its expected approval by a three-fifths majority next week.
Mr Macron said after the vote that his government was committed to “making women’s right to have an abortion irreversible by enshrining it in the constitution.”
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