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> Neither France, nor any other nation I am aware of, provides a constitutional right to abortion. I don't see why it has to be a constitutional right (constit
by sofixa 4y ago
> Neither France, nor any other nation I am aware of, provides a constitutional right to abortion.
I don't see why it has to be a constitutional right (constitutions aren't the only things that codify rights), but for what it's worth there's an ongoing proposal which will probably pass, overwhelmingly, to add abortion as a constitutional right in France.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoWhat that right would entail remains to be seen, but it won't be elective abortions in the 3rd trimester. The legal timeframe to terminate a pregnancy in France was extended from 12 to 14 weeks in the last legislature. In 2018 and 2019, lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to amend the constitution to include the right to abortion.