Suddenly, an old gentleman pivots on his cane.
Head raised, he watches for where the cries that disturb the quiet alleys of Versailles (Yvelines) might come from.
This Monday, a few streets from the celebrating castle, where Parliamentarians are preparing to vote on the inclusion of abortion in the constitution, a mourning crowd shouts its anger.
“How could we have come to such contempt for life?
» shouts a little woman on the platform, Place Hoche.
The crowd in berets and shoes cheers Marie-Lys Pellissier, spokesperson for the “March for Life”, one of the main anti-abortion associations in France, at the initiative of this gathering: “Let’s not be regulars of the decadence of society!
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The hundreds of opponents of abortion, most of whom have whitened temples, hold a white rose as a form of “resistance”.
Others brandish “shame” signs or the flag bearing the image of the Virgin Mary while at the speaker’s microphone, a mosaic of ultrasounds forms the letters of the word “life” in a deadly atmosphere.
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