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Abortion: Would extending the legal deadline for abortion to 14 weeks reduce inequalities in access?

2021-10-15T16:04:15.836Z


VERIFICATION - It is in the name of these inequalities that Christophe Castaner, against the advice of Emmanuel Macron, will put back on the parliamentary agenda the law extending the period of voluntary termination of pregnancy from 12 to 14 weeks.


THE QUESTION

.

After heated debates, the proposal to extend the legal deadline for abortion seemed abandoned.

Turnaround, Christophe Castaner announced the return of the text to the National Assembly at the end of November, at second reading.

In France, abortion is not threatened in law, but it is in practice.

There are real territorial and social inequalities.

If we want to guarantee a real right and equal to those which must be protected, it is necessary to lengthen the deadlines,

”argued the boss of the deputies of La République en Marche in

Le Parisien

.

To read also IVG: "Debate of conscience or political maneuver?"

The chaotic course of this bill by Albane Gaillot (ex-LREM, now unregistered) reflects the many divisions around this reform.

Many walkers see it as a societal advance for women's rights and a left-wing marker while Emmanuel Macron plays the card of caution.

In June, in an interview with

ELLE

, the Head of State recalled that he was "

not in favor

" of lengthening

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Source: lefigaro

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