The pro-abortion law has been fast-tracked by the French government in order to obtain its adoption on or around March 8, 'International Women’s Day.' For that to happen, the text will need to be approved in identical terms by the French Senate by the end of February.
With his largely unexpected intrusion into the abortion debate, Emmanuel Macron appears more and more as the most 'pro-death' head of state in French history.
The proposed new law proclaims that the French Constitution shall receive the following addition to its article 66-2: 'The law guarantees effective and equal access to the right to voluntary interruption of pregnancy.'
The large majority of votes — 205 in favor, 85 against — was obtained by a repeat vote on an article of the draft law that had been rejected a few hours earlier by 108 votes against, and 103 in favor.