VERSAILLES, France — French lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to codify abortion access in their constitution Monday — a move directly inspired by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“I was inspired by the fact that in the U.S. abortion rights were not in the Constitution,” French Senator Mélanie Vogel, the progressive politician who filed the amendment, told CQ Roll Call ahead of the dual-chamber vote.
“Reproductive and sexual rights are shrinking in the world. And here today we want to show that this is not the only path that you can follow. … It can be reversed,” she said.
