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into making abortion a Constitutional right. The vote was 780 yay, 72 nays.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/france-becomes-first-nation-to-make-abortion-a-constitutional-right-in-50-years

France became the first nation in 50 years to make abortion a constitutional right on Monday. The 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S Supreme Court ruling, which overturned Roe v. Wade in the United States, was the inspiration for a bill to enshrine reproductive healthcare freedom in that nation's constitution. The introduction to the bill reads: "Unfortunately, this event [in the US] is not isolated: in many countries, even in Europe, there are currents of opinion that seek to hinder at any cost the freedom of women to terminate their pregnancy if they wish."

"We're sending a message to all women: your body belongs to you and no one can decide for you," Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in a speech to parliament. The bill passed overwhelmingly with a 780-72 vote in a joint session of parliament on Monday after being approved in the French Senate last week. French President Emmanuel Macron had promised to deliver constitutional protection for abortion since that right was removed in the United States in 2022.

The only other nation to make abortion a constitutional right since the United States in 1973 was the former Yugoslavia in 1974. France decriminalized abortion in 1975, largely inspired by the Roe ruling. "This right [to abortion] has retreated in the United States. And so nothing [permitted] us to think that France was exempt from this risk," said Laura Slimani, from the abortion rights organization Fondation des Femmes. Celebrations erupted throughout Paris when news of the vote was reported. Abortion has an 80% approval rating in France.

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