The French President has today reaffirmed his wish for abortion right to be included in the French Constitution "as soon as possible". This statement goes against the concerning figures published last week by the DREES (Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and...
234,300 is the number of abortions performed in France in 2022. This is an increase of 4.9% relative to 2021. The proportion has also reached its highest level since 1990 i.e. 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 49. The publication of these...
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the case law decision of Roe vs. Wade which established constitutional federal protection for what has come to be called the "right to abortion." The legal impact of this reversal means returning to the legal status...
Analysis April 2022 Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes official statistics on abortion called "fact sheets". Presumably compiled from official cases throughout the world, these figures show the number of abortions worldwide, the number of unsafe...
After the deputies adopted the new abortion bill to extend abortion deadlines in second reading, the legislative process seemed rather uncertain. Indeed senators from Macron’s party as well as socialist senators had refused to schedule a time slot. On several...
The French National Assembly has just scheduled the second reading of a bill to further extend access to abortion (draft law #3879) for November 29. Initially submitted by the “Ecologie Démocratie Solidarité” party and tabled by the deputy Mrs Albane GAILLOT, the text...
On October 22, 2020, in a plenary session, the Polish constitutional court ruled that abortion on grounds of impairment or illness of the unborn child is a violation of the Polish constitutional right to life. Simultaneously, the court called for the government to do...
