The Senate votes on Wednesday afternoon on the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution. A favorable vote – and without modification – from the Upper House is a prerequisite for this constitutional revision supported by 86% of French people, according to an Ifop poll from November 2022.
Modifying the supreme text is not simple: the National Assembly and the Senate must validate the reform identically, before the meeting of a Congress of Parliament in Versailles where a three-fifths majority will be required. The debates promise to be tense from 4:30 p.m. at the Palais du Luxembourg.