On June 8, the National Assembly again voted to open the PMA to all women. The article was adopted by 81 votes to 39.
Will Emmanuel Macron’s campaign promise be kept? Tuesday June 8, the National Assembly again validated the opening of the PMA to all women within the framework of the bioethics bill. The article has been hotly debated since Monday evening June 7, reports Le Figaro with AFP. It was finally adopted by 81 votes to 39, with 5 abstentions, among several political groups.
The National Assembly must continue examining the text in the coming days. He will then go one last time to the right-wing majority Senate (which had already rejected the bill in February). The Assembly will have “the last word” on June 29. This will be the culmination of a parliamentary journey started in the fall of 2019, notes Le Figaro.
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67% of French people in favor
This flagship measure of the vast government project will allow single women and lesbian couples to resort to medically assisted procreation (artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, etc.) … while being reimbursed by social security. During his presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron promised to open access to assisted reproduction to all women. It is currently reserved for heterosexual couples.
According to a recent survey conducted by FIFG for the Association of Homoparental Families, 67% of French people are moreover in favor of opening assisted reproduction to couples of women (and 82% among 18-24 year olds).
Despite this, the right continues to oppose it. A majority of LR deputies denounce the creation of “fatherless“And fear a slippage”inevitable»Towards the authorization of surrogacy (Surrogacy, by surrogate mother) in France, report the daily and AFP.