The French government has set forth a proposal to provide full public funding for abortions.
In France today, women pay about 80% of the cost of an abortion. The government said full state funding is “necessary to ensure all women have equal access to abortion.”
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FRANCE INTRODUCES 100 PERCENT FREE ABORTIONS
AFP Staff Monday, October 1, 2012
France on Monday unveiled a package of reforms designed to increase access to abortion, including 100 percent reimbursement of medical costs by the state social security system.
At present French women are only able to claim back between 70 and 80 percent of the costs, which average between 200 and 450 euros depending on whether the abortion is induced by medication taken at home or carried out by surgical procedure in a clinic. ...
In a statement the government said the move was "necessary to ensure all women have equal access to abortion."