About 600 people, according to the prefecture, marched in Lyon on Sunday against abortion and against euthanasia, against a backdrop of debate on the end of life and the desire to constitutionalize the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG).
To cries of
"Macron, Macron, don't touch the embryos"
, the heterogeneous procession linked, in the middle of the afternoon, the banks of the Rhône to Vieux-Lyon.
A counter-rally of around sixty people, called by an anti-fascist organization from Lyon and feminist groups, was kept away from the procession by the police.
“I defend life from beginning to end, from the embryo to palliative care
,” explains Camille, 30, holding an “abortion = genocide” sign.
"We must stop promoting abortion
," said Alexis Rigaud, a 43-year-old Catholic.
On the end of life, he argues that it is necessary to
"better support"
, rather than
"cause death"
.
The debate on abortion and the end of life will be key themes in the fall: the presidential majority and the left-wing Nupes coalition have announced their desire this summer to table a bill to constitutionalize the right to abortion.
And in October, a citizens' convention wanted by the Elysée on the "end of life" must begin its work on December 9 in order to guide the government on a possible new change in law.