The Constitutionalisation of Abortion in France and Beyond: Reflections Two Years On in a Global Context
Episode Description
In this episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Podcast, Eszter Kismődi speaks with Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez, Professor of Public Law at Université Paris Nanterre and Senior Member of the Institut universitaire de France, about France’s landmark 2024 constitutional reform recognising abortion as a “guaranteed freedom,” as well as the subsequent December 2025 law acknowledging the harms caused by the criminalisation of abortion prior to 1975.