Extend the legal period of access to voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) in France from 12 to 14 weeks.
The National Assembly adopted this bill at first reading after heated debates at the end of 2020. A text rejected a few months later in the Senate and withdrawn by the Socialist group from its agenda while 'it was to be discussed at second reading in the National Assembly.
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Despite this, the majority does not despair of passing this extension of the abortion period before the end of the term of office.
On France Info, the president of the LREM group in the National Assembly reiterated his desire to pass this text, despite the opposition of Emmanuel Macron who specified this week in the weekly
Elle
that he did not was "
not in favor
".
"
The text must progress and if it comes back to the National Assembly, we will vote in accordance with what we had voted
", explained Christophe Castaner.
The text could come back to the Assembly
“
Sometimes we have approaches that are not completely identical with the President of the Republic and we talk about them together.
My group also exchanges with him on these subjects,
”said the leader of parliamentarians LREM, before adding that the deputies knew that the president was not in favor of this measure when they voted on it at first reading. in 2020.
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When it returned to second reading before being finally withdrawn from the agenda, Aurore Bergé, vice-president of the LREM group at the Palais Bourbon, denounced "
a massive parliamentary obstruction of the LR with more than 400 amendments in 2nd reading
”and“
a renunciation of the PS which feared that this would be the only text debated
”.
In particular, she promised that the text would be included in the parliamentary niche attributed to the LREM group.
Christophe Castaner was not so categorical.
“
We will discuss including this text on the agenda and we will have to make choices.
I do not decide alone and there remains a niche for my group,
”he said on France Info.
A "disagreement" with Emmanuel Macron
Christophe Castaner also clarified that he had asked Jean Castex that this text be included in the social security financing bill (PLFSS) which will be proposed in the fall.
"
I think that the government will not do it because it must implement the program of the President of the Republic
", specified the former Minister of the Interior.
And to add: "
We have a disagreement on this subject, it does not matter.
"
On the other hand, the president of the LREM group at the Palais Bourbon adds that this subject must be discussed: “
We will continue the discussion taking into account the convictions of the President of the Republic on this subject.
It was not a presidential engagement, I understand his reservations
”.