http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/5eeb8ff62c472afa https://verfassungsblog.de/constitutionalizing-the-right-to-abortion-is-not-political-opportunism/ Constitutionalizing the right to abortion is not political opportunism Geiger, Sarah ger 2023-11-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutionalisation French Constitution Right to abortion Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Recently, Baptiste Charvin wrote on this blog that the right to abortion has become the subject of political instrumentalization in France. In his view, it illustrates a general phenomenon of 'constitutional desacralization' and underlines the division the French people are experiencing, 'despite being governed by a Constitution that enshrines a set of values that should be shared by all.' I argue that the French parliamentary debate on the right to abortion is anything but a phenomenon of recent political opportunism. Instead, it reflects – for once – a majority opinion, not the division of French society.