About sixty gatherings across the whole of France rather than a single event: this is the protest format chosen in a period of health crisis by the Marchons Enfants collective!
to request the withdrawal of the bioethics bill.
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For this new mobilization, at the call among others of the Manif pour tous, the slogans "PMA without father" and "GPA: no" will be displayed on the masks.
Gatherings should not exceed the number of 1,000 to 5,000 people, depending on the department.
Saturday, in Paris, opponents of the text will gather at the beginning of the afternoon at Place Vendôme, in front of the Chancellery.
A symbolic place to speak out against the
“upheaval of filiation”
so that two women can be recognized as the two mothers of a child conceived by PMA with a gift.
Their organizers also denounce the
"trade in procreation"
, the
"diversion of medicine"
or the
"economic cost"
of these measures, including reimbursement of assisted
reproduction
for all.
In Île-de-France, opponents met in Versailles, Nanterre or even Bondy.
In Lyon, the rally will include MP LR Xavier Breton.
In Strasbourg, the demonstration received the support of Patrick Hetzel (LR), who railed against the text in the hemicycle.
“Because of the Covid, we preferred to increase the number of demonstrations rather than organize a national procession. Participants will obviously wear a mask and must respect safety distances
,
”
explains Ludovine de La Rochère, president of the Manif pour tous.
"New red lines have been crossed"
The return of the bill to the Senate, at second reading, is not scheduled for the end of 2020. It is unlikely to be considered there before the beginning of 2021. But the members of the collective - including the Catholic family associations (AFC) and Alliance Vita - denounce a
"passage in force"
of the government after its adoption in second reading in the National Assembly this summer, on August 1, without a solemn vote.
The legislative process still has
“many months ahead of it”
, underline the Catholic family associations, which consider that it is
“not too late to act against this text”
.
“We want to alert on what was voted in the middle of the summer. The text was aggravated while the French were on vacation. New red lines have been crossed. In addition, there is a huge gap between this law and current health, social and economic emergencies, ”
said Caroline Roux, Deputy General Manager of Alliance Vita.
We want to warn about what was voted in the middle of the summer.
New red lines have been crossed
Caroline Roux, Deputy General Manager of Alliance Vita
The possibility of performing a medical termination of pregnancy (IMG) for psycho-social distress until the end of the pregnancy, a new measure added this summer to the text, has in particular exacerbated the concerns of opponents of the law.
The vote, Thursday, of a bill to extend the legal period for abortion by two weeks is not officially in the sights of the organizers of the rallies, because
"it is not the same type of text ”
.
Some associations for the defense of LGBT rights have for their part announced counter-rallies, in Nantes, Rennes or Toulouse, to
"cover the voices of the reactionary speeches of the Manif pour tous"
.