After weeks of votes and debates, it's official.
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron promulgated the constitutional law relating to the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) this Saturday.
Publication in the Official Journal formalizes the entry into force of this text.
“This law determines the conditions under which the freedom guaranteed to women to have recourse to a voluntary termination of pregnancy is exercised,” it is written in the publication of the OJ.
Introduced in article 34 of the Constitution, this sentence makes France a pioneer in the world, with such a clear reference to abortion in its fundamental text.
A choice contrary to several countries where the right to abortion is declining, such as in the United States or in Eastern Europe.
“The start of a fight in Europe”
In the wake of the promulgation of the law, Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti hailed on X “the end of a fight in France, and the beginning of a fight in Europe.
For all women.”
Constitutional law no. 2024-200 of March 8, 2024 relating to the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy has just been published in the Official Journal of the Republic.
The end of a fight in France, and the start of a fight in Europe.
For all women.
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— Eric Dupond-Moretti (@E_DupondM) March 9, 2024
The formulation of “guaranteed freedom” for abortion is the culmination of long debates in Parliament and particularly in the Senate, where part of the right was reluctant, including President Gérard Larcher who ultimately abstained during the Parliament vote. met Monday in Congress in Versailles.
At the end of this historic vote, deputies and senators overwhelmingly approved the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution (780 for, 72 against).
Emmanuel Macron had made this reform one of the flagship promises of the societal aspect of his policy in recent months, embracing the various parliamentary initiatives of the left, supported by the majority.