The amendment to Article 34 of the French Constitution states that “the law determines the conditions by which is exercised the freedom of women to have recourse to an abortion, ...

When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, French women were paying close attention. They watched with alarm as those across the Atlantic lost their long-standing ...

French lawmakers passed a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, a historic move prompted by concerns over the rollback of abortion laws in the U.S.

Fearing that a future government could do what the U.S. Supreme Court did — reverse the right to abortion — France champions women's rights.

PARIS — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France's constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to ...

Amending the constitution is a laborious process and a rare event in France. Since it was enacted in 1958, the French Constitution has been amended 17 times.

PARIS — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in their nation’s constitution, a historic move designed to prevent the ...

France becomes first country to make abortion a constitutional right 01:45. Paris — France became the first country to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in its constitution. Lawmakers from ...

Changing the constitution, on the other hand, is a much more challenging process, requiring either a national referendum or a 3/5th majority vote in the French Congress — a special body composed ...