nov 20, 1972 - Bobigny abortion case

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A legal case supported by the organisation Choisir in which Gisèle Halimi defended a 16-year-old who had had an illegal abortion with the complicity of her mother. Simone de Beauvoir was one of a number of public figures who gave evidence at her trial, and it is credited with helping to change public opinion.

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