Emmanuel Macron recalls “the long fight for freedom”
“The seal of the Republic seals on this day a long fight for freedomdeclared Mr. Macron at the start of his speech. A long fight for freedom, a fight made of tears, drama, broken destinies. »
The Head of State then recalled “the destiny of generations of women deprived of the most intimate of their choices, that of having or not having a child. The destiny of these women with their faces of suffering, of fear, of addresses exchanged under the cloak, of clandestine operations, of suppressed cries, of impossible convalescents, of secrecy, of suspicions, of sermons, of the risk of losing everything, of happiness and life ».
“Yes, for too many years, the destiny of women was sealed by others. Their lives captured, their freedom violated”he continued after mentioning the women who campaigned for the right to abortion, such as Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi Simon Veil or Annie Ernaux.