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Madeleine Pelletier was a French feminist activist, a suffragette, an abortion rights activist, a socialist, an anarchist, a psychiatrist, a writer, and a freemason. She was born in Paris on May 18, 1874. She was the first French woman who received a doctorate in psychiatry.
She became a a psychiatrist in her twenties. Pelletier wrote numerous essays and articles. She supported socialism and women's rights (including voting rights, abortion rights, and the eligibility of women to become doctors). She also became a freemason in 1904. In 1906, she and other suffragists organized a protest in the Chamber of Deputies.
In 1937,
Madeleine Pelletier was a French feminist activist, a suffragette, an abortion rights activist, a socialist, an anarchist, a psychiatrist, a writer, and a freemason. She was born in Paris on May 18, 1874. She was the first French woman who received a doctorate in psychiatry.
She became a a psychiatrist in her twenties. Pelletier wrote numerous essays and articles. She supported socialism and women's rights (including voting rights, abortion rights, and the eligibility of women to become doctors). She also became a freemason in 1904. In 1906, she and other suffragists organized a protest in the Chamber of Deputies.
In 1937, a stroke caused the half of her body to become paralyzed. In 1939, she was accused of performing an abortion (even though she had the paralysis), arrested, and placed into a mental hospital against her will. Pelletier's health conditions got worse, she had a second stroke and died in that hospital in the same year on December 29.
Abortions in France were punished by death up to around 1792, and during the Vichy Government and the German occupation of France (Hitler opposed abortions) in the 1940s.
Abortions were decriminalized in 1975. Abortions on request until the 10th week of pregnancy and therapeutic abortions (if two physicians certify that the abortion is needed to protect the health and life of the pregnant woman, or that the child will suffer from very serious health problems) became allowed.
In 2001, abortions on request were extended until the 12th week of pregnancy, and the mandatory parental consent was no longer required.
The mandatory waiting period of 7 (or 2 if close to 12 weeks) days was abolished on April 9, 2015.
In 2022, abortions on request were extended until the 14th week of pregnancy.
In 2024, the French Parliament passed a constitutional amendment (the Article 34) that guarantees the right to abortion. However, pre-2024 restrictions on abortions that violate this Article still haven't been repealed. Consensual abortions should not be restricted in any way.
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