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Marie-Claire Chevalier, Catalyst for French Abortion Law, Dies at 66

February 10, 2022Katharine Q. Seelye and Constant MéheutComments Off

While in high school in 1972, she was raped and became pregnant. Her illegal abortion paved the way for France to decriminalize the procedure in 1975.