the Senate Law Committee “does not oppose” its inclusion in the Constitution, despite reservations

A little progress in the process. The Senate Law Committee decided, Wednesday February 14, to “do not object” for the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution, declared the text’s rapporteur, Agnès Canayer. “At this stage, we are not unfavorable, but the proposed wording still has a certain number of irritants and we will have the debate in session”she added.

After the very broad adoption of the government project in the National Assembly, this position of the Senate and its right and center majority is a strong signal, even if the vote in the hemicycle at the end of February still remains undecided due to certain reluctance. The Senate, dominated by the right and the center, will debate the constitutional revision on February 28 in the hemicycle. The project has already been widely adopted by the National Assembly.

If the hypothesis of a pure and simple rejection of the text moves away, will the upper house vote to the word the constitutionalization of a “freedom guaranteed” for abortion, as the executive hopes? Or will she instead choose a new wording of the constitutional bill, which would then force MPs to look at the subject again? Only a compliant adoption by the Senate will pave the way for a Congress bringing together all parliamentarians. It will then be necessary to secure a three-fifths majority to definitively validate this constitutional reform.