In France, after 14 weeks, you have to pass in front of a 'commitee' of i think 2 doctors and a judge (or someone that represents the government judicial power,

In France, after 14 weeks, you have to pass in front of a 'commitee' of i think 2 doctors and a judge (or someone that represents the government judicial power, i had this conversation a while ago and don't remember the details). The doctor give their thoughts and the judge decide. In practice, before viability, the judge will always accord the right. The doctors will only state facts and cannot influence the patient in any way or form (else they won't be on committees anymore). The judge will always defer to the doctors after viability. The doctor who told me that also told me that they pushed 20 years ago for social assistants to be present too, to interview the family (sometimes, the expecting triggers stuff in the family that push the women to ask for an abortion a bit late), but the lack of personal prevented that.