It is a radical change of tone for the party to the flame, which takes a step ahead of a possible trial in ambiguities.
Change of foot on abortion. While this Thursday, November 24, the parliamentary niche of the Insoumis must include on the agenda the examination of a constitutional bill aimed at protecting and guaranteeing the fundamental right to abortion, Marine Le Pen is taking the lead. Against all expectations, the leader of the National Rally group in the Assembly announced on Tuesday the tabling of an amendment aimed at enshrining in the Constitution “the current provisions on abortion included in the public health code“.
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An ideological reversal, even though the MP for Pas-de-Calais assured, there is little, in the columns of the JDD, that her group closed the door to any possibility of constitutionalizing abortion. “Although opposed to the extension of the deadline for resorting to an abortion to 14 weeks as voted a few months ago, Marine Le Pen considers that the current balance must be preserved“, justifies the group in a press release. “It’s very clever of him.“, comments the deputy of Pas-de-Calais Bruno Bilde. She felt radicalization coming, at least in the media. A way, therefore, to avoid the trial of conservatism. Above all, this allows the debate to be put back where it should be, assures Jean-Philippe Tanguy, deputy of the Somme who suggested the idea to Marine Le Pen. No representative political force questions the right to abortion in France, and the question is access to real law, namely the state of health in France, in particular gynecology.
“Satisfy the different sensitivities of the group”
Mentioned in a group meeting on Tuesday, the amendment will not be subject to an obligation to vote. Similarly, on the text in question as on societal issues in general, Marine Le Pen advocates the “freedom to vote“. “On the final vote, we must not participate, otherwise the radicals will ruin everything“Warns an elected official in favor of the Lepenist amendment, but in favor of a more flexible line on the question of abortion. Because within the RN group, sensitivities vary on the issue, and some elected officials adopt a more conservative position. Marine Le Pen is also the only one to sign this amendment. “I am in favor of the Veil law as it was written, but did it have to be constitutionalized? Asks a skeptical RN deputy. But it’s the only alternative now that we’re up against the wall.“Because more than anything, the RN deputies fear that the amendment carried by La France insoumise will open the way to the possibility of extending the legal deadlines for resorting to abortion, or of abolishing the conscience clause from which benefits more medical staff.
“What we especially want to avoid is that the Constitution opens the door to excesses such as abortion at nine months“, comments the deputy of the Gard Nicolas Meizonnet. Especially since the provisions on abortion would remain modifiable by a constitutional reform, for which Marine Le Pen claims the use of the referendum. If, officially, there is no divergence of lines, a parliamentarian recognizes it: “She manages to find the balance to satisfy the different sensitivities of the group.“.
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