Constitutional change could face more opposition in Senate after lower house approves measure by 493 votes to 30

Constitutional change could face fight in Senate after national assembly approves measure by 493 votes to 30

France’s lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved a measure to inscribe abortion as a “guaranteed freedom” in the constitution, a pledge made by the president, Emmanuel Macron, last year.

But the controversial plan now goes to the upper-house Senate, where it faces resistance from the conservative Republicans and the far-right National Rally.

The measure passed the national assembly late on Tuesday by a vote of 493 to 30, with almost all members of Macron’s centrist minority coalition as well as leftwing opposition parties approving.

  • Ekybio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    9 months ago

    People: Want something objectively good for Society

    Conservatives: “Unacceptable!”

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    France’s lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved a measure to inscribe abortion as a “guaranteed freedom” in the constitution, a pledge made by the president, Emmanuel Macron, last year.

    But the controversial plan now goes to the upper-house Senate, where it faces resistance from the conservative Republicans and the far-right National Rally.

    The measure passed the national assembly late on Tuesday by a vote of 493 to 30, with almost all members of Macron’s centrist minority coalition as well as leftwing opposition parties approving.

    Macron and other French lawmakers called for the right to an abortion – which has been legal in France since 1974 – to be inscribed in the constitution after the US supreme court in 2022 ended an almost half-century national constitutional right to abortion.

    Changes to the French constitution require either a referendum or approval by three-fifths of a combined vote of both chambers of parliament.

    The government chose the term “guaranteed freedom” to thread a needle between the lower house, which earlier voted to enshrine the “right” to an abortion, and the Senate, which is dominated by centre-right parties and which so far has approved only “freedom” for abortion.

    The original article contains 260 words, the summary contains 195 words. Saved 25%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    How they are going to deal with people who would abort girls just because they are girls?

      • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        9 months ago

        Couldn’t find any, which I assume a study into abortion numbers and details should be introduced along with any changes to the laws in question.

        • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          13·
          9 months ago

          So just to be clear: you’ve invented this theoretical issue, and despite there being no evidence for it, you’re worried that it could be real? So much so that you think we need to change existing laws to accommodate for this theoretical issue that has no evidence of existing?

          Conservative thought in a nutshell. Creating a boogeyman in their own head, and then being terrified of it.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I mean, if someone would abort a baby just because it’s a girl, they are probably better off not having a baby anyways. I don’t get why you think making people have babies when they don’t want them to the point of deliberately ending the pregnancy is a good idea, no matter the reason for wanting to abort.