"France Makes Abortion a Constitutional Right in Historic Versailles Vote"

The French parliament has voted to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right, with 780 out of 925 MPs and senators supporting the amendment at a historic joint session at the Palace of Versailles. The move aims to give women the "guaranteed freedom" to choose an abortion and is seen as a way of protecting the law that decriminalized abortion in France in 1975. The decision comes in response to the US Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, and will be authenticated and finalized by President Emmanuel Macron on International Women's Day.