Minister of Health Catherine Vautrin assured that this right of doctors to refuse to perform abortions will not be called into question. The modification of the Constitution “absolutely does not render” the conscience clause of health professionals obsolete, assured Sunday the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti.
Midwives have been able to perform instrumental abortions since December, in addition to the medical abortions that they were already able to performing. The Minister of Health prefers to “expand the number of doctors who can perform it”