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France holds ceremony to enshrine abortion rights in constitution | BBC News


France has enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, in a ceremony on International Women’s Day.

Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but while several other countries include reproductive rights in their constitutions, France is the first to explicitly state that an abortion will be guaranteed.

Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti used a 19th-century printing press to seal the amendment into constitution.

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