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France’s President Emmanuel Macron sought on Friday the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case, even though France has stricter abortion restrictions than the Mississippi law at the heart of the case.
“Abortion is a fundamental right for all women. Abortion must be protected,” Macron tweeted. She wants to express solidarity with women whose freedom has been compromised by the US Supreme Court, “she said.
High Court ruled 6-3 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization upholds Mississippi law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks of gestation.
Republican-led Mississippi has called on the Supreme Court to strike a lower court that has suspended an abortion ban for 15 weeks.
Two or more Dozen states limiting abortion after Roe v. Wade
In the process, the court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and the 1992 Casey vs. planned parent-child relationship, which confirmed the constitutional right to abortion.
“Rho was terribly wrong from the beginning. The reasoning was very weak and the decision had detrimental consequences,” Judge Samuel Alito said in the majority opinion. “And instead of providing a national solution to the abortion problem, Law and Casey intensified the debate and deepened the division. It was time to pay attention to the Constitution and return the abortion problem to the elected representatives of the people. rice field.”
Macron was one of the many international leaders who criticized this decision, but France has a stricter abortion law than the Mississippi Act, which sought to impose a 15-week abortion ban.
Expanding abortion rights in the blue states after the Roe v. Wade incident
France limits most abortions to 14 weeks, which has only recently increased since the 12 weeks of February.It’s similar to other countries in Europe, but with more restrictions than countries like the United Kingdom where abortions are limited to almost 24 weeks.
Macron was far from an enthusiastic supporter of change. The Guardian reported in a French magazine that an abortion at a later date would be “more traumatic” for women.
Abortion-rights protesters burned the American flag on the streets of Washington, DC after the Roe v. Wade incident
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Mark Teesen He was one of the American commentators who focused on the alleged double standard.
“You know that France bans abortions in 12 weeks, three weeks earlier than the Supreme Court-backed Mississippi Act, and that France’s abortion restrictions are not allowed under Roe,” Thiessen said. I am saying.
British commentator Peter Hitchens also criticized Macron and opposed his emphasis on the decisions of other nations.
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“President Macron attends a Jesuit school and knows there is another way to look at the issue,” Hitchens tweeted. “He also needs to know that the Supreme Court does not * ban * abortion in the United States, but leaves its legality to elected state governments. Why he talks about sovereignty issues in other countries. Do you declare it? “