France is on the verge of making history as the French Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday constitutionally enshrining abortion rights. The bill, which is expected to receive final approval by a three-fifths majority of the country's parliament on March 4, comes as a response to the recent rollback of abortion rights in the United States. President Emmanuel Macron, who promised this measure, applauded the Senate's decisive step and pledged to make women's freedom to have recourse to abortion irreversible by including it in the Constitution.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal expressed that the inclusion of abortion rights in the Constitution signifies an immense step forward and will go down in the political and parliamentary history of France. The final vote on March 4 is seen as pivotal for the country, which decriminalized abortion in 1975 and enjoys broad political consensus on this essential right.

With 267 votes in favor and 50 against in the Senate, Mathilde Panot, the parliamentary party leader of La France Insoumise, declared, "We're writing history. France will become the first state in the world to guarantee the right to abortion." This move resonates as a significant milestone in advancing women's reproductive rights on a global scale.