The European Union’s parliament overwhelmingly condemned the end of constitutional protections for abortion in the US, calling for safeguards to be enshrined in the EU’s fundamental rights charter. In a 324-155 vote with 38 abstentions, European Parliament lawmakers adopted a resolution that crystalized the anger seen in many of the EU’s 27 member countries since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling. “The US has clearly shown why we must use every tool available to safeguard abortion rights in the EU,” said Stéphane Séjourné, pres. of the liberal Renew Europe group in the EU Parliament.The resolution calls on member nations to add a sentence reading “Everyone has a right to safe and legal abortion” to the Charter of Fundamental Rights. In France, where abortion has been legal for almost half a century, there are now moves afoot to enshrine that in the nation’s constitution
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