The last ceremony of its kind dates back to 2008. This Friday, March 8, 2024, Place Vendôme, the Minister of Justice affixed the seal of the Republic to the law including the “guaranteed freedom
”
of access to voluntary termination of pregnancy in the Constitution.
But the reform had barely been voted on when part of the left already demanded the removal of the conscience clause for abortion, which allows health professionals not to practice it.
Let’s move on to
“the removal of the conscience clause”,
launched Manuel Bompard.
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Find the sealing ceremony for the entry of the right to abortion into the Constitution
Enough to awaken the fears of part of the right and the center, who had warned during the debates in Parliament about the threat that the constitutionalization of abortion would pose to this clause.
Senator LR from Vaucluse Alain Millon had even presented an amendment aimed at including the conscience clause in the Basic Law,
“at the same time”
as abortion.
But Éric Dupond-Moretti has always brushed aside these concerns.
Last Sunday, the Minister of Justice again affirmed that the modification of the Basic Law
“absolutely does not render”
obsolete the conscience clause,
“already guaranteed by the Constitution”
.
Same story with the Minister of Labor Catherine Vautrin, who promised Thursday:
“I will not touch the conscience clause of doctors.”
An oath which is only half-reassuring, since it suggests that
“touching the conscience clause”
is possible...
Between the warnings from the right and the appeasement of the government, which side should you take?
Does the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution really threaten the conscience clause?
Is this really protected by the Constitution?
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