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.”