The French Senate passed a bill Wednesday constitutionally enshrining abortion rights, as reported by Le Monde. The bill is expected to receive final approval by a three-fifths majority of the country's parliament next week. The measure, promised by President Emmanuel Macron, comes partly in response to the 2022 rollback of abortion rights in the United States. The Senate vote was overwhelming, 267 to 50.
"The Sénat has taken a decisive step, which I applaud," Macron said, adding that he would convene Parliament in a joint session on March 4 for the final vote. "I pledged to make women's freedom to have recourse to abortion irreversible by enshrining it in the Constitution."
