In popular fiction, France and Vamour are nearly synonymous. A foreigner attempting to enlighten the Frenchman on the subject simply invites the slings and arrows of outraged Gallic sensibility. But in fact, love and its consequences in France have a darker side: there are at least 400,000 illegal (and therefore dangerous ) abortions each year, and many authorities believe that the total is 800,000—equal to the number of live births. Authorities see a significant relation between this high abortion rate and the fact that the prescription and sale of all contraceptives is forbidden by a French law passed in 1920 in...
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