Fillon Defends Anti-Abortion View in Final French Primary Debate
- Juppe losing in polls as primary fight enters home stretch
- Republican nominee seen going on to contest with Marine Le Pen
Election Surprises of 2016 Continue With France
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Abortion took center stage in the final debate of the French Republican primary as front-runner Francois Fillon defended his anti-abortion views as personal and not public, and his rival Alain Juppe went on the attack.
Three days before Republican voters pick their 2017 presidential candidate, the fact that an issue that was formally settled as a matter of law in France in 1975 became a focal point shows that it is social not economic policies that differentiate the two former prime ministers.