http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/cb4c6f83ad0b5367 https://verfassungsblog.de/enshrining-abortion-rights-in-the-french-constitution/ Enshrining Abortion Rights in the French Constitution - A Global Statement with Little Domestic Substance? Bottini, Eleonora Bouaziz, Margaux Hennette-Vauchez, Stéphanie eng 2024-03-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Dobbs Reproductive Rights Reproduktive Rechte Right to abortion Women's Rights Reproduktive Rechte Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On International Women’s Day 2024, President Emmanuel Macron signed an amendment, that enshrines abortion rights in the French Constitution. Abortion is now a constitutionally “guaranteed freedom” for women in France: but constitutionally guaranteeing this freedom is also — if not even more — a call-out to the rest of the world. By constitutionalizing the right to abortion, French parliamentarians and government officials aimed to signal this commitment to the global community, with a particular emphasis on the United States.