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Alice Hackman and Jean-Philippe Chognot

SHOCKING: France set to make abortion constitutional right | Mind Blowing Facts

Public support has largely swung behind including abortion in the French constitution (Credit: AFP)

French lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support.

A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) should find the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance in the right-leaning Senate.

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