The extension of the abortion period still challenged by Emmanuel Macron – the HuffPost

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ABORTION – Emmanuel Macron has not changed his mind. On a “personal” basis, he remains opposed to the extension of the deadline. abortion, from 12 to 14 weeks. An opposition reaffirmed a few hours from his second meeting with Pope Francis.

It was on the plane heading to the Vatican that the President of the Republic took stock of several subjects, likely to be discussed (and tense) with the head of the Catholic Church. ART, surrogacy, end of life but also abortion, including the extension of the deadline will be debated at the end of November in the National Assembly.

And on this point, Emmanuel Macron persists and signs: he is against. “I have not changed my mind. Additional delays are not neutral on the trauma of a woman ”, he confides. to Figaro.

The rhetoric is the same as used in July, in an interview with She. The head of state described the “trauma that it is to abort”, an expression which had shocked the defenders of the abortion, because of its guilty and categorical dimension. “The eternal assignment of women to the trauma of abortion. To make them feel guilty ”, reacted the former Minister of Family and Women’s Rights Laurence Rossignol.

LREM deputies against Macron

Nearby HuffPost, the associations had deplored that the President of the Republic took up the argument of “trauma”, used precisely by anti-abortion. In the field, the reality is often nuanced: some women can indeed experience abortion as a trauma, but this is not the case for all.

“The majority of the serious scientific studies that have been published on the subject show that there is no long-term psychological sequelae of abortion. There is no post-traumatic syndrome that would persist at a distance, several years after an abortion, ”explains gynecologist Philippe Faucher in a video released by the government.

In Le Figaro, Emmanuel Macron affirms that he “will respect the freedom of parliamentarians.” In October 2020, the bill was adopted at first reading in the Assembly, then rejected by the Senate. But several elected by the majority, including the president of the LREM group in the Assembly are favorable to the point that the text will be discussed again in a few days at the Palais Bourbon. Will they vote the text against the advice of their great leader? Answer on December 3.

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