French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France would not rest until the right to abortion, now protected by the French constitution in a world first, was guaranteed in the EU rights charter and around the globe.
Bystanders gather in front of the Justice Ministry, where a ceremony is held for sealing the right to abortion in the French constitution, as part of the International Women’s Day, in Paris on March 8, 2024. – In a historic vote, a rare congress of both houses of parliament on March 4, 2024 gave a green light towards making terminating a pregnancy a “guaranteed freedom” in the basic text, sparking celebration among feminists.
“France today becomes the only country worldwide whose constitution explicitly protects the right to abortion in all circumstances,” Macron said in front of the justice ministry on the Place Vendome in central Paris.Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but Macron last year pledged to better protect it after the US Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the United States’ half-century-old right to the procedure, leaving it up to individual states to decide.
A medic at Gaza's largest hospital said Friday a humanitarian airdrop in the north of the Palestinian territory killed five people and wounded 10. International womens day is set aside to honour women and their massive impact on the world at large. The theme for this year is #Inspireinclusion. IWD is celebrated almost everywhere in the world, the inaugural National Women's Day, was organised by the Socialist movement in the United States, and it took place on February 28,…
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