France’s Senate is to vote on Wednesday on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the constitution, a measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback on rulings in the United States.
Keep in mind that the Senate speaker claimed that the right to abortion is not in danger in France (it kind of isn’t at the moment but it will definitely be in the near-ish future, hence the law). And the majority in the senate is right leaning. So it might not go through.
Take it from an American, if it doesn’t get enshrined there’s nothing protecting it from power hungry, politically minority party, christofascists. Look at Alabama right now… embryos are people.
Edit: phrasing.
embryos are people
I believe we’re all the way down to “zygotes are people”.
And I don’t see a framework where zygotes are people and women are too.
The idea to add it to the constitution came straight after roe v wade got repealed. I agree that it should be further protected, especially with the rise of christo nationalism and other far right pleasantries we are currently enduring. But given the state of our senate, it’s far from being done…
The idea to enshrine it as an amendment to the constitution went much further back than the repeal of Roe.
Conservatives, who couldn’t yet undo Roe, argued in bad faith that there was no reason to enshrine it, since Roe already reinforced that it was enshrined, stating that the rights to abortion fell under your rights of equal protection from the 9th and 14th amendments.
And the Democrats, when they had power, kept it at Roe to ensure that they could rile up their base when needed, as well.
I don’t think anyone believed they could do it until Trump came along, instead using it as a focus for campaigning and raising money. Trump upended politics in the US, permitting people to say and do the quiet things out loud. Now those with their eyes and ears open can absolutely see the corruption taking over our country and the world. Granted, there always has been and the same statement could be said throughout all time, sure.