Paris — France became the first country to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in its constitution. Lawmakers from France's upper and lower houses of parliament met Monday and easily passed the ...

France’s Senate is voting on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution. The National Assembly previously approved the proposal in January by a significant ...

President of France Emmanuel Macron announced his intentions to enshrine abortion rights in the country's constitution. Macron spoke Wednesday before the Constitutional Council, where he laid out his ...

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 ...

Legislators passed an amendment giving women the “guaranteed freedom” to end their pregnancies, which experts called a global first. By Catherine Porter Reporting from Versailles French legislators on ...

In the wake of the vote on Monday, March 4, the amendment is expected to receive a final vote of approval at the Palace of Congresses in Versailles. If approved as expected, the country will become ...

France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, ...

In his speech for the 65th anniversary of the French Constitution, President Emmanuel Macron called for abortion to be included “as soon as possible” in the country’s Magna Carta. In his words before ...

The vote by lawmakers comes after supporters of the measure in France were galvanized by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. By Catherine Porter Reported from Paris France took ...