After the deputies adopted the new abortion bill to extend abortion deadlines in second reading, the legislative process seemed rather uncertain. Indeed senators from Macron’s party as well as socialist senators had refused to schedule a time slot. On several...
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Analyzing French Bill # 3879 Extending Abortion Rights
Time for Evaluating Abortion in France On 29 November, Bill # 3879 to extend abortion rights, tabled by Mrs. Albane GAILLOT, is scheduled for second reading at the French National Assembly. Claiming that access to abortion is becoming increasingly difficult today, the...
Alliance VITA Calls to Vote Against Latest Unfounded Abortion Reform Bill
The French National Assembly has just scheduled the second reading of a bill to further extend access to abortion (draft law #3879) for November 29. Initially submitted by the “Ecologie Démocratie Solidarité” party and tabled by the deputy Mrs Albane GAILLOT, the text...
[Press Release] National Consultative Ethics Committee Unethical on Abortion
Regarding the controversial subject of abortion deadlines in France, the “CCNE” (National Consultative Ethics Committee) has just issued new recommendations stating that they see no medical objection to extending the legal abortion period from 12 to 14 weeks of...
Is Covid a Pretext for Extending Controversial Home Abortions in France?
Once again using the Covid national health crisis as a pretext, the French Minister of Health and Solidarity has issued a new decree on November 7th 2020, to allow drug-induced abortions at home until 7 weeks of pregnancy (i.e. 9 weeks of amenorrhea) instead of 5...
Coronavirus: Ideological Controversies over Abortion Deadlines
Repeatedly questioned by Senator Laurence Rossignol (Oise Socialist Party) about facilitating access to abortion during the confinement period, the French Health Minister, Olivier Véran declared, during the government session on April 1, 2020, that he was concerned...
Coronavirus: French Senate Rejects Abortion Amendment
On March 19, during the Covid-19 Emergency Bill discussions in the French Senate, Senator Laurence Rossignol tabled an amendment to extend the statutory deadline for performing abortion by two weeks. This proposal to increase the legal deadline for abortion from 12 to...