Paris

This Isn't Your Typical Travel Guide

June 16, 2022

For my module, I chose to return to Paris, France, to experience “The Good Life” with Dr. Hendricks and some of my best friends. Besides a few hiccups, the entire trip was amazing, but I couldn’t help but feel some guilt about going so soon after a traumatic event transpired in our country once again. Occurring just eight days before the trip began, POLITICO reporters published a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion written by Justice Alito that would reverse Roe v. Wade 1973 (POLITICO). This event is entirely unprecedented. Never has an entire draft opinion been leaked. As soon as the Court makes its official ruling on the decision this summer, ‘trigger laws’ banning or restricting abortion held by pro-life states will go into effect. Texas governor, Greg Abbott, signed an abortion ban into law while I was touring the Dior museum (which I highly recommend visiting, by the way). But in most of Europe, abortion is legalized healthcare. In France, legalized abortion was recently extended from twelve weeks to fourteen weeks (The Guardian).

All of these new developments made me think, how does the quality of life for French women compare to the quality of life for American . . .