The right to choose: EU lawmakers vote to protect abortion right after Roe v Wade overturned in US
By France24
24 July 2022 |
2:08 pm
The ruling by a majority of judges in the United States’ Supreme Court to overturn the right to a legal abortion across the entire country has also sent shockwaves through Europe.In our programme we examine abortion rights around the EU and look at how the situation might evolve.
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