France became the first country in the world to explicitly include voluntary abortion (IVG) in its constitution. An overwhelming majority voted in favor of granting the right to abortion under the constitution.
The president and his supporters considered it a decision that calls for pride and celebration. The head of the Catholic Family Association, Aline Vigornet, expressed her strong rejection of the constitutionality of guaranteeing freedom of abortion, “because we believe that the family is the place where we protect the weakest,” she said.