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French lawmakers voted on Thursday to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution, with MPs on the left and centre saying the US Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark ruling in June showed the need for new steps. The vote in the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, marks only the first step on the path to enshrining the right to abortion in the constitution.
After two rounds of voting, Yaël Braun-Pivet, a member of parliament close to President Emmanuel Macron, is elected president of the French National Assembly, becoming the first woman to hold the position in France. IMAGES
French MPs cast their ballots to elect the President of the National Assembly, during the first session of the 16th legislature of the Fifth Republic. IMAGES
Newly-elected MPs from Emmanuel Macron's party LREM, renamed Renaissance, arrive at the National Assembly, as the French president looks for a way out of the deadlock after his failure to retain a parliamentary majority. IMAGES