Historic abortion law change in France and Pornography series
French constitutional expert Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez on French abortion law change.
Two years after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, lawmakers in France yesterday made history by enshrining this right in their country's constitution - it was a global first. We talk to Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez about the change.
Singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris performs live.
We look at what's behind the cuts to Birmingham City Council's budget - equal pay or a new IT system? With Heather Jameson, editor of the Municipal Journal and Dr James Brackley, lecturer in accounting at Sheffield University.
In the next part of our series about porn, Ena Miller talks toΒ βSamβ who, from an early age, measured herself by the women she saw in pornography. Β
And Imelda May talks about her new documentary Lilly and Lolly: The Forgotten Yeats Sisters, on Sky Arts. Elizabeth and Susan Yeats (also known as Lolly and Lilly) founded a women-only arts and crafts guild to promote womenβs economic and cultural independence. Overshadowed by their famous brothers, W.B Yeats and Jack Butler Yeatsβ¦until now.
Presenter: Emma Barnett
Reporter: Ena Miller
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood
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