French President Emmanuel Macron called on Andorra Tuesday to “move forwards” on decriminalising abortion during a visit to the principality, which maintains one of Europe’s last total bans on abortion.<\/p>\n
His comments come as the micro-state, nestled in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, is considering reforming its abortion laws which currently ban the procedure in all cases.<\/p>\n
“I hope this debate moves forward,” Macron said during a visit to Andorra, where he shares the symbolic title of “co-prince” with a Catholic bishop.<\/p>\n
In a world first, France in 2024 enshrined the right to terminate a pregnancy in its constitution, and Macron has since pledged to make the procedure a European basic right.<\/p>\n
Women in Andorra have no legal right to abortion — even in cases of rape, incest, or danger to their life — and the procedure remains punishable by prison for both patients and doctors, though no trials have ever been held.<\/p>\n
The Andorran head of government, Xavier Espot Zamora, on Tuesday acknowledged there was “demand” to reform the micro-state’s abortion laws, stating that his government is working toward a “negotiated solution”.<\/p>\n
Zamora in March voiced hope that abortion would be decriminalised within a year in the non-EU state, though he clarified there were no plans for full legalisation.<\/p>\n
But any such reform would require negotiations with the Vatican, which enforces Europe’s only other ban on abortions in all cases.<\/p>\n
Pregnancy termination is legal in almost all European countries, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) advocacy group says.<\/p>\n
A handful of countries have near-total bans, broadly only allowing it when a woman’s life is in danger, it says.<\/p>\n
The latter include the principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein, as well as EU states Malta and Poland.<\/p>\n
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