Several thousand people opposed to abortion marched in Paris on Sunday against the bill extending the legal deadline for abortion and to make their "10 proposals" heard by presidential candidates, during the traditional "March for Life ". This year, “the first subject is the Gaillot bill (…), an unfair law” which must authorize the extension of the legal duration of the voluntary termination of pregnancy from 12 to 14 weeks, declared Nicolas Tardy-Joubert, president of the "March", during a press briefing before the departure of the procession.

Gathered in the freezing cold, the demonstrators - including many teenagers and young adults - held up pink and yellow signs: "Stop bothering with embryos" or "To live is a right, not a choice".

According to the organizers, some 20,000 people took part in this “March for Life”, which is held every year in January.

Among them, Jacques, a 65-year-old retiree, came from Bordeaux with his wife Anne "so that we recognize that life has been sacred from the start".

“Restore the reflection period of at least 3 days”

“Today, we use abortion as a means of contraception,” regrets Marie, 17, an agronomy student from Aube.

The "second important subject" of this mobilization "is the presidential election", estimated Nicolas Tardy-Joubert, calling on the candidates to ensure "that the protection of human life is a great national cause".

"We do not support anyone", he added, but "we present our 10 proposals" to the candidates, such as "restoring the reflection period of at least 3 days" before an abortion or the rejection "of assisted suicide and 'euthanasia'.

Led by ex-LREM MP Albane Gaillot, the text allowing the extension of the legal deadline will be examined at second reading in the Senate on January 19.

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