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After US supreme court ruling, French lawmakers move to enshrine abortion rights in constitution

Abortion rights supporters protest in New York after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in New York, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS - CAITLIN OCHS

A group of lawmakers belonging to French President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party are to propose a bill to inscribe abortion rights into the country's constitution, in the wake of Friday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that overturned abortion legislation as a constitutional right.

The move, announced by two members of parliament on Saturday comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 50-year-old ruling and stripped women's constitutional protections for abortion.

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