Manifesto of the 343.
declaration, signed by 343 French women advocating for reproductive rights and admitting to having had abortions (then illegal in France), published in Le Nouvel Observateur on April 5, 1971
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The Manifesto of the 343 Women is a French petition penned by Simone de Beauvoir, and signed by 343 women, all publicly declaring that they had had an illegal abortion. The manifesto was published under the title, "Un appel de 343 femmes", on 5 April 1971, in issue 334 of Le Nouvel Observateur, a social democratic French weekly magazine. The piece was the sole topic on the magazine cover. At the time, abortion was illegal in France, and by admitting publicly to having aborted, women exposed themselves to criminal prosecution.
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