The French Parliament adopted a bill Wednesday to extend the limit for women to obtain abortions up to 14 weeks.
The new measure is in response to a lack of supply of abortion doctors in the country as well as the closure of abortion clinics, according to a report. Prior to the bill’s adoption, women could only access the procedure up until 12 weeks into their pregnancy.
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La #PPLIVG est définitivement adoptée.Cette loi fera date pour les droits des #femmes.
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Reportedly, the bill received “135 votes for, 47 against, and 9 abstentions.” Support from lawmakers was garnered across party affiliations.
La Republique En Marche, French President Emmanuel Macron’s party, supported the measure despite his apparent “reluctance” regarding abortion.
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According to Marie-Noelle Battistel, a member of the country’s National Assembly, more than 2,000 women per year in France travel to other countries in order to get an abortion. Battistel argues that 12 weeks is not enough time.
Albane Gaillot, a former LREM deputy, says that the bill will also allow midwives to perform instrumental abortions, citing that they have already been able to provide medication to induce abortion since 2016.
Last week, a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy advanced in the Florida Legislature. The bill reportedly cleared its final committee Tuesday and is ready for a floor vote. As it stands, the state permits abortion until 24 weeks of pregnancy, past when some babies can survive outside the womb.
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in December. The court will review the Mississippi law in question, which bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and it is expected to have a decision this summer.
