PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders made a key concession to potential coalition partners on Monday, announcing that he’s withdrawing legislation that he proposed in 2018 that calls for a ban on mosques and the Quran. The move came a day before talks to form the next government were set … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean voters rejected on Sunday a proposed conservative constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter. With 96% of votes counted late Sunday, about 55.8% had voted “no” to the new charter, with about 44.2% in favor. The vote came more than a year after Chileans resoundingly rejected a proposed constitution written … Read more
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists scored what may be a groundbreaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The ruling in this first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide protections last year. The defeat of Issue 1 … Read more
Un amendement constitutionnel proposé garantissant l’accès à l’avortement apparaîtra sur le scrutin d’automne de l’Ohio Pour JULIE CARR SMYTH Presse associée 25 juillet 2023 à 14 h 17 HE • 4 minutes de lecture COLUMBUS, Ohio – Les électeurs de l’Ohio auront l’occasion cet automne de décider s’ils garantissent l’accès à l’avortement dans l’État, déclenchant … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Les électeurs de l’Ohio auront la possibilité cet automne de décider s’ils garantissent l’accès à l’avortement dans l’État, déclenchant une lutte explosive pleine de messages émotionnels et d’affirmations factuelles contradictoires. Des responsables de l’État ont déclaré mardi qu’une mesure électorale visant à changer la constitution de l’état avait suffisamment de signatures. … Read more