French president is to enshrine right to abortion in the constitution. Critics question his motives.
Protesters outside the Senate in February with placards reading "my body my choice" and "abortion in the constitution"France is preparing to become the first country in the world to put the right to abortion in its constitution.
Opposition, instead, has largely focused on the politics of the move: President Macron is accused of debasing the constitution for electoral ends. But, in taking up what had originally been a left-wing parliamentary initiative, Mr Macron was doing more than just shoring up his left-wing support. He was also setting a trap.
Unfortunately for him, neither the Le Pen's National Rally nor the conservative Republicans took the bait.Which is not to say many of them did not have misgivings about the constitutional reform. They just decided it was not worth fighting. In a 2001 ruling, the council based its approval of abortion on the notion of liberty enshrined in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, which is technically part of the constitution."Beyond being a symbol," says Anne Levade, a law professor at Paris-Sorbonne University, "the revision will change absolutely nothing.
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