"French National Assembly Passes Constitutional Right to Abortion, Senate Approval Pending"

France's lower house of parliament has approved a measure to include abortion as a "guaranteed freedom" in the constitution, following a pledge by President Emmanuel Macron. The controversial plan faces resistance from conservative and far-right parties in the Senate, where it will be debated next. The term "guaranteed freedom" was chosen to navigate between the lower house's desire to enshrine the "right" to abortion and the Senate's preference for mentioning "freedom" for abortion. The move comes in response to the US supreme court's decision to end a national constitutional right to abortion.