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France makes abortion a constitutional right (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Constitutionally, it means that they're to be given the freedom to abort. Which means that if it's their choice, the state has to provide the means. Interestingly, it also means that a doctor claiming exemption because it's legally allowed c1n fuck off because the constitution is the first law.

(So, yeah, what you said but backwards)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This is not true, a doctor still has the right to refuse to perform an abortion but has the obligation to redirect to another practitioner who would perform it. Just like today

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's not completely obvious. The constitution supersedes the fact that he's allowed to refuse. Someone would be in their right to sue him.