Enshrining Abortion Rights in the French Constitution - A Global Statement with Little Domestic Substance?

Abstract

On International Women’s Day 2024, President Emmanuel Macron signed an amendment, that enshrines abortion rights in the French Constitution. Abortion is now a constitutionally “guaranteed freedom” for women in France: but constitutionally guaranteeing this freedom is also — if not even more — a call-out to the rest of the world. By constitutionalizing the right to abortion, French parliamentarians and government officials aimed to signal this commitment to the global community, with a particular emphasis on the United States.

Keywords

• Dobbs
• Reproductive Rights
• Reproduktive Rechte
• Right to abortion
• Women's Rights
• Reproduktive Rechte