France is making moves to emerge the first country in the world to place the right to abortion in its constitution.
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| President of France, Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Getty Images |
Parliamentarians from the upper and lower chambers will meet on Monday in special session in the Palace of Versailles, summoned by President Emmanuel Macron.
If they vote for the government’s motion by a three-fifths majority as expected, then France’s 1958 constitution will be revised to enshrine women’s “guaranteed freedom” to abort.
Polls reveal around 85% of the French public are in support of the reform.
