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The National Assembly, Paris, July 3, 2019 (illustrative image). STEPHANE OF SAKUTIN / AFP

The return of the National Assembly is marked Tuesday, September 10 by the work on the bioethics law in committee, before the debate in session on September 24, especially with the sensitive subject of the opening of the PMA to all women. Emmanuel Macron's campaign promise is debated.

This is a high-risk debate that will mark the return of parliamentarians: the extension of medically assisted procreation (PMA) to all women who is part of the bill bioethics, which begins to be studied Tuesday, September 10 in committee.

More than 2,000 amendments have been tabled. A revealing sign of the issue and the degree of flammability of this text on which each political camp is divided. And the running Republic of President Macron is not exempt. Because of the PMA arises delicate subjects especially around filiation.

Keep a campaign promise

Beyond the ranks of the Assembly and the Senate, the anti-LDCs of the " Manif for All " are also back in the starting blocks to try to remobilize the troops. The movement is trying to mobilize as at the time protests against marriage for all , which had divided the French in 2013.

Emmanuel Macron, however, wants to keep his campaign promise and has consulted extensively on this topic for more than two years. The president is betting on the fact that times have changed since 2013 and that the risk of massive mobilization is limited on this subject .

Relaunch the debate on GPA

With the subject of the PMA, however, the danger is also to revive the debate on the legalization of surrogacy (GPA), prohibited in France. Because the government intends to recognize parentage for children born to surrogates abroad, which may further fuel the fears of opponents.