France amends its constitution to inscribe the right to abortion

France has amended its constitution to inscribe the right to abortion. This was done on March 8, International Women’s Day.

Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but Macron last year pledged to better protect it after the United States Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the half-century-old right to the procedure, leaving it up to individual states to decide. Macron has also promised he “will not rest” until women across Europe have the same protection.

Generally, I am a big fan of all things French. However, was this amendment really necessary? Abortion is not a controversial issue in France or in most countries of Western Europe. Ireland is an exception, I believe. I would have been a big deal if Ireland, or better still, the USA has incorporated the right to abortion as a constitutional right.

But France? Seems to be a farce, as many in the media are saying.