The idea that roe v wade could've been under threat was considered laughably implausible until it wasn't.
Securing these de facto rights and transforming them into de jure rights makes a lot of sense to me, in light of that.
Securing these de facto rights and transforming them into de jure rights makes a lot of sense to me, in light of that.
And pretending that not to be the case, well, I feel insulted by being played for an idiot.
Two years earlier, the US Supreme Court had struck down any state regulation of abortion prior to viability (around 22-24) weeks. Effectively, it imposed an abortion regime far broader than France’s by judicial fiat.
Few people in France oppose abortion laws as they are today, but the abortion restrictions are quite different compared to the US. E.g. abortion time limit in France are much shorter in "usual" cases, ~3.5 months. It was 3 month until quite recently, and that extension was controversial.
[edit] controversial, but nowhere near as controversial as abortion is in the US. I wonder how controversial extension to 2nd or 3rd trimester would be in France. Those later-terms are legal only under exceptions in France (rape, danger to the mother, etc.).