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'French leaders made a pledge to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution after the US overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022, recognising that reproductive freedoms are fragile and at the mercy of a change in government. But Macron’s government has, so far, emboldened and legitimised the country’s anti-abortion movement by resorting to fearmongering around declining birthrates (in 2023, France still had the highest fertility rate in the EU), and directly engaging with anti-abortion organisations. Earlier this month, to the dismay of women’s rights campaigners, the health minister paid a visit to a leading anti-abortion organisation.'
