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France makes abortion a constitutional right on International Women’s Day

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, poses for selfies with the public after a ceremony to seal the right to abortion in the French Constitution in Paris [Gonzalo Fuentes/AFP]

France has officially become the first country in the world to guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, and President Emmanuel Macron has promised he “will not rest” until women across Europe have the same protection.

The constitutional amendment, passed by the French Parliament earlier in the week, was sealed with hot wax in Paris on Friday.

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