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France a step closer to adding abortion rights to constitution

France Unbowed lawmakers and members of abortion rights groups celebrate in November in front of the National Assembly's after it passed a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion. The Senate on Wednesday passed the bill, rewritten heavily, which will be sent back to the National Assembly for approval. © Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP

The French Senate has voted to include the right to abortion in the constitution, allowing the process to continue, though the path to a constitutional amendment is long.

After much debate, the Senate voted on Wednesday in favour of including the right to abortion in the constitution.

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