Vatican Says No 'Right to Take Life' as France Stages Landmark Abortion Vote

French lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that makes abortion a constitutional right in the country, a world first that has garnered overwhelming public support.

A congress of both houses of parliament gathered in a special chamber at the Palace of Versailles.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal had urged lawmakers to make history, saying the freedom to abort remained “in danger”. “Our freedoms are in essence threatened… at the mercy of decision makers,” he said.

“In one generation, one year, one week, you can go from one thing to the opposite,” he added, referring to rights reversals in the United States, Hungary and Poland.