On 25th September 2024, the DREES (Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics) issued its yearly report on abortions which, apart from the increase in the number of abortions, shows that: The main indicators are rising. The geographical disparities...
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Abortion : The Urgency is for Prevention Not for Making Abortion a Constitution Right
The French President has today reaffirmed his wish for abortion right to be included in the French Constitution "as soon as possible". This statement goes against the concerning figures published last week by the DREES (Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and...
Ever Increasing Abortions and Still no Prevention Policy
234,300 is the number of abortions performed in France in 2022. This is an increase of 4.9% relative to 2021. The proportion has also reached its highest level since 1990 i.e. 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 49. The publication of these...
[Press Release]: Abortion Prevention Policy Urgently Needed
The latest statistics in France confirm a persistent high abortion rate at 15.5 per thousand, over twice that of neighboring Germany.
[Press Release] Alliance VITA Denounces Abortion Law Forced Through and Calls for an Abortion Prevention Policy
February 10, 2022 Abortion Law: Alliance VITA denounces forcing through the new abortion law and calls for a genuine abortion prevention policy After 1½ years of parliamentary bitter rows, the new abortion bill "aiming at strengthening the right to abortion" was...
[Press Release] IFOP poll: the French and Abortion
On October 8th, the French National Assembly will meet to discuss the bill tabled by the minority party EDS (Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity) which would extend the current legal deadline for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks of pregnancy and would also abolish the...
Abortions in France Reach Record High
In 2019, there were more abortions performed in France than ever before (232,000 last year compared to 224,300 in 2018) according to the annual statistics published by the “DREES” (Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics). The annual statistics...
Ideological Maneuvering to Promote rather than Prevent Abortion in France
Once again, abortion advocates in France are attempting to implement amendments which would completely obviate existing abortion laws, without even considering how women could avoid having recourse to abortion. In France, on September 16, the National Assembly’s...