Fearing that a future government could do what the U.S. Supreme Court did — reverse the right to abortion — France champions women's rights.
The ripples of the U.S. Supreme Court’s terrible decision overturning federal protections for abortion have not stopped at our own shores. They have crossed the ocean and resculpted the abortion landscape in countries — well, at least one country — far from our own.
' Even Macron’s arch-opponent, Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party supported the bill, albeit far less enthusiastically than the president and his allies. On Monday, she downplayed the extraordinary moment: 'It serves no purpose, because no political movement is questioning abortion. … There is no need to make this a historic day.
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