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France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution on Friday, a powerful message of support for womens rights on International Womens Day..
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti used a 19th-century printing press to seal the amendment in Frances constitution at a special public ceremony...
Applause filled the cobblestoned Place Vendome as France became the first country to explicitly guarantee abortion rights in its national charter..
While abortion is a deeply divisive issue in the United States, its legal in nearly all of Europe and overwhelmingly supported in France, where it's seen more as a question of public health rather than politics..
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