French Health Minister Simone Veil speaks about abortion law at the French National Assembly on Dec. 13, 1974 in Paris. Abortion was decriminalized under a 1975 law named for Simone Veil, a prominent legislator, former health minister and key feminist figure who championed it. The right to abortion in France has been inscribed in law for 47 years and enjoys broad support across the political spectrum. But more and more French women are asking: Could what happened in the U.S. happen here one day? (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)
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