With French lawmakers backtracking on a bill to extend the legal deadline for women seeking abortions beyond 12 weeks, thousands of French women are forced to travel abroad to terminate their pregnancies. Spain is an obvious choice, but it’s a costly option that evades impoverished and vulnerable women. FRANCE 24’s correspondents Laura Cambaud and Sarah Morris report.
In 2019, the French Senate initially adopted a bill increasing the legal deadline for women seeking an abortion from 12 to 14 weeks. But a few days later, the conservative-controlled higher chamber backtracked on its decision in a second hearing of the bill.
