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Simone Veil is widely respected across France's political spectrum for working tirelessly to advance women’s rights. She served as France’s Health Minister in the late 1970s and was named again Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Urban development a decade later. In those functions, she got the unanimous adoption of the contraceptive pill at the National Assembly. She is best known for passing the Veil Law — which legalised women’s right to request an abortion — in 1975, deemed a cornerstone of female emancipation in France.