A fundamental step for the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution. This Wednesday, February 14, the Senate Law Committee decided to do so “Don’t object to the constitutionalization of the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy »specified atFrench media agency the senator Agnese Canayerspeaker of the text.
Senators are concerned about doctors’ conscience clause
However, the Senate appears to remain conflicted: “At this stage we are not unfavorable, but the proposed wording still has a number of irritating elements and we will have the debate in session”, she added. Because the notion of “guaranteed freedom” it is a formulation that goes beyond the one voted by the Senate in 2023, which limited itself to dedicating a ” freedom “.
Many right-wing senators therefore fear that the doctors’ conscience clause will be called into question. Second AFPsome would consider, for example, the opportunity to also include it in the Constitution.
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IVG: appointment on February 28th
The Senate, dominated by the right and the center, will discuss the constitutionalization of abortion February 28th Next. If the text has been widely adopted by the National Assembly, it will have to be validated in the same terms by the Senate to be presented to Congress, which brings together deputies and senators. To be definitively validated, it must be voted by three fifths of those elected.
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