France has become the first country in the world to make abortion a guaranteed right for women in its constitution.
The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long-standing ovation during the historic joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles.
There were jubilant scenes of celebration all over France as women’s rights activists hailed the measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in court rulings in the United States.
Both houses of parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate, have already adopted a bill to amend Article 34 of the French constitution to specify a woman’s right to an abortion is guaranteed.
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There were jubilant scenes of celebration all over France as women’s rights activists hailed the measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in court rulings in the United States
