In France, the guaranteed freedom of women to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) is now enshrined in the Constitution. The text was formally sealed, Friday March 8, 2024, during a ceremony at Place Vendôme in Paris, in the presence of figures of feminism and the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron.
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This was the final step in enshrining the guaranteed freedom of women to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) in the French Constitution, sealing the constitutional law adopted Monday March 4 by Parliament.
This March 8, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. (Paris time), Emmanuel Macron was at the Ministry of Justice for a ceremony open, also, to the public. “ The seal of the Republic seals on this day a long fight for freedom », Launched the French president in front of feminist activists, personalities and elected officials of all stripes. In the public too, curious people, tourists, law students who came to participate in the “ popular ceremony » desired by the Élysée. “ It’s amazing », said moved actress Catherine Deneuve, signatory of the Manifesto of the 343 who, in 1971, called for legalizing abortion in France.
On the platform, in front of the Ministry of Justice, the sealing press ordered in 1810 under Napoleon was used again. The Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, turned it around to put the seal of the French Republic on the constitutional text in which now appears the guaranteed freedom for women to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy.
The Head of State expressed his desire to have abortion included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, where, according to him, nothing can be taken for granted and everything must be defended. Abortion is completely prohibited in Malta and is only permitted in cases of rape or incest in Poland.
After the president’s speech, singer Catherine Ringer performed a slightly modified Marseillaise: “ To arms citizens, let us march, let us sing this pure law in the Constitution. »
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