Lawmakers in France's lower house of parliament voted to include abortion rights in the country's constitution, the first step in a lengthy legislative process.The measure was proposed in reaction to the United States' recent Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v Wade, a case dating back to 1973 that legalised abortion nationwide."This terrible regression demonstrates that when it comes to the right of women to dispose of their bodies, nothing is ever certain," the French proposal says, referring to the US case."I am very moved by both this vote and historic signal that the National Assembly has sent to all the women of our country but also to all the women of the world," said MP Mathilde Panot, head of the left-wing France Unbowed group.A recent poll showed that more than 80% of the French population supports the right to abortion."