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Constitution of the Fifth French Republic 1958, as amended to 2024
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- English
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The law determines the conditions under which the freedom granted to a woman to have recourse to a voluntary termination of pregnancy is exercised.
... (1958 Constitution, Art. 34)3 - French
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La loi détermine les conditions dans lesquelles s’exerce la liberté garantie à la femme d’avoir recours à une interruption volontaire de grossesse.
... (Constitution 1958, Art. 34)
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Constitution of France 1958, as amended to 2008 (English). Consolidated version as amended to 2024 not publicly available. The constitutional order of France is made up of different texts. According to the Preamble of the 1958 Constitution: "The French people solemnly proclaim their attachment to the Rights of Man and the principles of national sovereignty as defined by the Declaration of 1789, confirmed and complemented by the Preamble to the Constitution of 1946, and to the rights and duties as defined in the Charter for the Environment of 2004." According to Art. 2 of the 1958 Constitution: "The language of the Republic shall be French. ..."
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Art. 34 as amended by 2024 Amendment; In-house translation by UN Women, 2024.