IVG: standoff between the government and the Walkers over the extension of the deadline
Forty-five years after the Veil law, the deputies will examine, this Thursday, October 8, a bill aimed at strengthening the right to abortion.
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Being able to abort until the 14th week of pregnancy instead of 12 currently in France, is what provides for a bill examined this Thursday in the National Assembly.
This proposal will be supported by the great majority of parliamentarians of the Republic in march against the opinion of the government which seized the National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE).
The Walkers are ready for a real showdown with the executive.
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"
It pisses them off
!"
A walking deputy sums up in her words the irritation of the Elysee and Matignon.
And it is true that Jean Castex is rather annoyed.
The Prime Minister advocates "wisdom": without going against his majority, he regrets the method, he would have preferred to have a great debate on the
sensitive issue of abortion
.
An argument swept away by an elected En Marche involved in the file: “
It's silly, we have already spent 1 year listening to everyone.
""
Watch out for this stuff that is demagoguery.
They want to pass for the most progressive,
”tackles a minister.
Each has their role, replies the deputy En Marche Sacha Houlié.
“
There is no problem for us to vote for it and for the majority, consequently La République en Marche, whatever the opinion of the government, will vote for this text.
"
The walking deputies emancipated themselves a little more.
Matignon refuses to see it as a “
snub
”.
“
No panic on board,
” assures an adviser to Jean Castex.
While waiting for the text to reach the Senate, the government hopes to be able to rely on the opinion of the ethics advisory committee to bury the sling.
The text also proposes to remove the conscience clause for doctors on the voluntary termination of pregnancy.
In France, nearly one in three women has an abortion during her lifetime and, each year, between 3,000 and 5,000 of them go abroad to perform a voluntary termination of pregnancy.
The reason: they exceeded the legal deadline in France.
Each hospital has its own schedules.
For example, they only have their abortions on certain days of the week.
There during this time your pregnancy progresses ...
Abortion, a journey strewn with pitfalls.
Reportage.
Laurence Théault
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