The entry of abortion into the Constitution. Matilda Pano, whose name we will not remember?

This is a day of glory for France and women. This Monday, March 4, Congress voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the Constitution. The historic decision comes almost forty-nine years after the first abortion law passed by Simone Weil, a symbol of the fight for women’s rights. But while the country was rocked for several days by the applause of this new civic momentum, several members of the La France Insoumise movement wanted to emphasize a point. Indeed, the far-left political party founded by Jean-Luc Melenchon condemned the “invisibility” of the hard work of its leader and deputy Mathilde Panot, who is, however, among those behind the decision.

Lest we forget, a montage was published. Indeed, it is to Matilda Panotti that we owe the registration of the first revision of the beginning of this inscription of the Constitution. This proposed a constitutional law, i.e. in the French Constitution, along with the prohibition of abortion in several American states (Roe vs Wade decision). While the text proposed by the first female politician in 1975 turned into the “Shield Law”, LFI members called for the same, calling this new phase the “Panot Law”.

Gabriel Atal in the LFI sights

Back in X, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also protested Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s speech moments before the vote in Congress. “Here I want to thank all parliamentarians, from the majority as well as from the opposition, who have participated in this work,” Emmanuel Macron’s right-hand man said, mentioning Simone Weil, Socialist ministers Martin Aubry and Yvette Rudy, but leaving out: Name of LFI MP. “Attal, the poor little thing, makes invisible the role of the rebels and President Mathilde Panot in today’s decision,” wrote Jean-Luc Melenchon. “Sexism and sectarianism are characteristic of a man who has never fought a long-term struggle.”

“The Man I Am has rendered invisible the two women who introduced the legislative proposals we are voting on today: Matilda Panot and Melanie Vogel (The senator also took the initiative to include the right to abortion in the constitution.), added Sandrine Rousseau. Here, the environmentalist refers to a sentence uttered by Gabriel Attal during his speech. “The person that I am cannot know the distress and physical suffering of these women, but the brother, the son, the friend, the prime minister will remember the pride. being on this platform.

Unsurprisingly, the montage of Panot and Veil’s assimilation quickly sparked an online outcry, as several politicians condemned the rapprochement. “What a disgrace,” countered Aurelien Weil, the grandson of the former President of the European Parliament and Minister of Health. “Matilda Panot and her henchmen are definitely not ashamed of anything. The face-off between this great lady who fought anti-Semitism all her life and the vulgar extremist who spends his time inciting hatred of Jews within our nation is infamous,” said Renaissance MP Caroline Yadan. A troubling conflict between each party, some netizens lamented that this historic vote was meant to unite rather than divide.

A “diplomatic” fight

In response to the backlash, Matilda Panot, however, shared a second illustration clashing with the first. “In your opinion, the most scandalous thing is: A. Making a visual to honor Simone Weil as we enshrine the right to abortion in the Constitution. B. Taking the first vote on constitutionalization in the Assembly on 24 November 2022. C. With the far right continuing to be the worst enemy of women’s rights. D. Is the answer D?” he wrote on his social networks.

The MP, however, enjoyed his victory and continued the fight, immediately announcing the presentation of a resolution calling on the government to mobilize “diplomatically with the member states of the Union and the European Commission”. Under the question mark? Let the right to abortion be protected not in France, but throughout Europe. A big step for women and humanity.