Should the right to abortion be included in the Constitution in France? This is a debate that has been going on since the decision of the American Supreme Court to reverse the federal right to abortion in the United States last Friday, thus leaving the States free to legislate on the subject. If a large part of the deputies seems to support this proposal, dissenting voices are heard. Between the Assembly, the Senate and a possible referendum, the legislative course is heavy to include the right to abortion in the Constitution. The explanations of Gwénaële Calvès, professor of public law at the University of Cergy-Pontoise.
Inscription of the right to abortion in the French Constitution: “A purely symbolic approach”
