Simone Veil, a former magistrate and Holocaust survivor best known in France for legalising abortion in the 1970s, died on Friday. Legalising abortionHer concentration camp experience had made her a passionate advocate of European union but she was best known in France for legalising abortion when she was health minister in 1974. “May her example inspire our fellow countrymen, who will find in her the best of France,” Macron said in a message to the family. She was born Simone Jacob in Nice, on the Riviera, on July 13, 1927. She was married to Antoine Veil, a prominent businessman who led several leading companies and died in 2013.

Source: Hindustan Times June 30, 2017 09:45 UTC