France has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first country globally to constitutionalize the right to abortion.

Today, a bill securing women’s right to abortion successfully passed through a joint parliamentary session at the Palace of Versailles.

The initiative, pledged by President Emmanuel Macron in response to restrictive abortion rulings in the United States, aimed to amend Article 34 of the French constitution, the Metro reported.

The revised article now explicitly states, ‘the law determines the conditions under which the freedom of women to seek an abortion is exercised, and this right is guaranteed.’

The proposal had received overwhelming support in the lower house of parliament back in January.

The bill successfully obtained the necessary three-fifths majority during the joint session, solidifying the constitutional protection of women’s right to abortion in France.

Written by B.C. Begley