France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first
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00:00 For the adoption of the Bill 780. Against 72.
00:07 A historic moment of reconciliation. This afternoon at Vercers, the overwhelming majority
00:13 of members of parliament engraved into the Constitution the right for abortion. The emotions
00:18 shone on people's faces, notably on those belonging to feminist organisations. A symbolic
00:25 day with Gabrielle Attel next to the son of Simone Weil, an homage to the woman who in
00:30 1974 inscribed into law the right to abortion, while being insulted by the largely male parliament.
00:37 Should the force of your applause supporting her fight be even stronger than those insults
00:42 and give justice to Simone Weil? Also in the spotlight, Yael Bron-Pivet, for
00:47 the first time that a woman presides a parliament's congress. A proud moment on this historic
00:52 day. Will France be a counter-current? No, it is
00:57 avant-garde, it's in its right place, in its mission, where it belongs.
01:02 Pride shared particularly by women on the left, some wearing white or green, paying
01:07 homage to the women still fighting. Despite some opposition, the right and the far right
01:13 ended up supporting the text. Tears were flowing and people were cheering when the vote was
01:18 announced at Place du Trocadéro, and the Eiffel Tower was especially illuminated on
01:22 Monday evening to celebrate the amendment.
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