The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Extension of the term of abortion: why the bill has little chance of going "to the end"

2020-10-23T15:25:15.319Z


Olivier Véran, Minister of Health, is "not sure" that the proposed law on increasing the period from 12 to 14 weeks "goes to the


The government is definitely embarrassed by the issue of extending the legal deadline for abortion.

While the Social Security budget bill for 2021 was examined this Friday in the Assembly, Olivier Véran said he was "not sure" that the bill to extend the legal deadline for abortion "goes to the end" .

On October 9, the deputies had voted in first reading a text to increase the legal period of access to the voluntary termination of pregnancy from 12 to 14 weeks of pregnancy (16 weeks of amenorrhea).

This bill (PPL) by MP Albane Gaillot was carried by the brand new EDS (Ecology, Democracy and Solidarity) group at the Palais Bourbon.

Already the government had then shown great caution, faced with a "sensitive" subject and a "premature" debate, said Olivier Véran.

Parliamentary Mechanics

The problem is that the EDS group no longer exists in the National Assembly since October 17 and the defection of.

Jennifer de Temmerman who announced her departure for the Libertés et Territoires group.

For lack of a sufficient number of deputies, the group disappeared de facto and all its members became non-registered.

In short, without a group to support it, after a more than perilous parliamentary shuttle in the Senate, the text has indeed little chance of succeeding at second reading.

Unless another group takes over the text ... which seems very hypothetical.

It is therefore in this context of subtle parliamentary mechanics that Olivier Véran indicated that he was "not sure" that this "PPL will go to the end".

The crucial question of increasing the legal deadline for abortion may return to the forefront of the parliamentary scene in 2021. But by then the government awaits the conclusions of the National Ethics Council in early November

MEPs voted in favor of systematic full third-party payment in the event of abortion

In addition, this Friday, the subject of abortion in the broad sense returned to the chamber during the examination of the Social Security financing bill for 2021 (PLFSS).

The deputies voted in favor of a three-year experiment authorizing midwives to perform instrumental abortions, in the same way as the medical abortion that they can perform since 2016. A real advance for all women.

This measure was already part of the PPL voted on last October 9th.

However, to go “faster” concerning midwives and the possibility of them practicing instrumental abortion, the former deputy of Isère voluntarily supported the amendments on Friday authorizing this experiment.

As in committee, the deputies also voted in favor of the systematic full third party payment in the event of abortion, for the sake of confidentiality.

This measure had been recommended by the delegation of the National Assembly for women's rights, in order to protect “by secrecy the management” of abortion.

Newsletter - Most of the news

Every morning, the news seen by Le Parisien

I'm registering

Your email address is collected by Le Parisien to enable you to receive our news and commercial offers.

Learn more

The abortion is covered 100% by the compulsory health insurance, but the exemption from the advance of costs is not guaranteed in all cases.

In the future, it is a question of women having recourse to abortion "without the information which would be given to their parents or their spouse on this point - in particular by the information resulting from the reimbursement by the health insurance. - does not weigh in their decision and hamper their will ”.

"This is going in the right direction" for women underlined the deputy Albane Gaillot on Twitter this Friday.

I welcome the adoption of the amendment to the #PLFSS carried by @perrinegoulet opening the experiment for 3 years for midwives to practice instrumental # abortion.

This is going in the right direction.

#PPLIVG pic.twitter.com/B3P3ijc9NI

- Albane Gaillot (@AlbaneGaillot) October 23, 2020

Source: leparis

All life articles on 2020-10-23

You may like

Trends 24h

Life/Entertain 2024-03-28T17:17:20.523Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.