In the Senate, the Law Committee decided not to oppose the constitutionalization of abortion and
“takes note of the government's text pending the debates which will take place in session”
, indicates the rapporteur, Agnès Canayer.
While indicating the remaining
“irritants”
.
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In a press release, the Law Commission notes the
“questions”
raised by the wording proposed by the government.
If the latter
“is similar to that proposed by the Senate”
, it
“distinguishes itself in particular by the addition of the term “guarantee”.”
In detail,
“the addition of this term raises questions about the legal scope that could be attached to it and the interpretation that the Constitutional Council could make of it, which considers itself bound neither by the opinion of the Council of State nor through parliamentary debates”
, it is specified.
Freedom of conscience
The
“question of freedom of conscience of health professionals”
is also raised by the senators.
“However, no more than the freedom of women to have an abortion, the freedom of conscience of health professionals is today enshrined as such in the Constitution.
It therefore seems questionable to include only one of these two freedoms in the Constitution.”
These
“reservations”
specified, and while awaiting the amendments which could be tabled in public session,
“the commission took note of the text presented by the government”
.
Does the presidential camp seem willing to find a consensus?
“The Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, seems very attached to this text... We will see that it works
,” concludes Agnès Canayer cautiously.