Roman Catholic Bishop Bernard Ginoux of Montauban tweeted that the new legislation meant future generations are “in great danger”.

Alliance Vita, a French pro-life group, expressed its concern that psycho-social distress is an “unverifiable criterion”, suggesting this opens the door for women to have an abortion for any reason.

Currently around 220,000 legal abortions happen every year in France and campaigners fear the number will increase with the new amendments. ...