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- Mar 4, 202490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
France Writes Abortion Freedom Into Its Constitution in Versailles Vote
- France's Parliament, meeting as a Congress of both chambers at Versailles, approved writing abortion into the Constitution on Monday 4 March 2024 by 780 votes to 72[1]
- Of 902 parliamentarians, 852 cast a vote; a three-fifths majority of at least 512 was needed[1]
- The text adds "the guaranteed freedom of women to have recourse to a voluntary termination of pregnancy" to the Constitution[3]
- France became the first country in the world to put abortion in its constitution[1]
- The amendment, a one-line addition to article 34, was signed into law by President Emmanuel Macron on 8 March, International Women's Day[2]
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- [1]90%publicsenat.fr/actualites/parlementaire/direct-ivg-dans-la-constitution-suivez-la-reunion-du-congres-a-versaillespublicsenat.fr· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Mar 4, 2024 ✓· 49% of score
Public Sénat: "Députés et sénateurs réunis en Congrès ont approuvé lundi 4 mars la constitutionnalisation de l'interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG), par 780 voix pour et 72 contre."
- [2]75%Abortion in Franceen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 25, 2026· 49% of score
The one-line addition to article 34 was approved by Congress on 4 March 2024 by 780 to 72 and signed into law by President Macron on 8 March, International Women's Day.[1]
- [3]85%Inscription de l'IVG dans la Constitution : comment ont voté vos députés et sénateurs réunis en Congrès à Versailles ?franceinfo.fr· Published Mar 4, 2024· 1% of score
Vote breakdown: 780 for and 72 against adding "la liberté garantie à la femme d'avoir recours à une interruption volontaire de grossesse" to the Constitution on Monday 4 March.[1]
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