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France makes abortion constitution right as world fetes Women's Day

Demonstrators hold placards during a march as part of the International Women's Rights Day, in Paris, on March 8, 2024. AFP - DIMITAR DILKOFF

People around the world marked International Women's Day Friday with protests, demonstrations and celebrations. France, for its part, inscribed guaranteed right to abortion into its constitution.

Thousands of people demonstrated in France's major cities including Bordeaux, Lyon, and Marseille, but also in smaller ones like Orléans, Quimper and Belfort. In Paris, people came together in the afternoon and marched from Gambetta Square to Bastille Square.

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