French lawmakers agreed unanimously Wednesday to change the way they vote, opting to eliminate a balloting method that discriminated against a parliamentarian who uses a wheelchair because it required him to stand.
Sébastien Peytavie, the lawmaker who proposed the rule-change together with Yaël Braun-Pivet, the National Assembly president, said the discrimination he has faced during votes in parliament’s lower house reflects France’s larger failures toward people with disabilities.
