2024-01-05 16:47:05
Agnès Firmin Le Bodo once again in turmoil. The interim Minister of Health defended this Friday her visit the day before to the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, attached to the controversial Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, which campaigns against abortion and euthanasia.
“For those who are bothered, democracy also means interacting with people who do not share your ideas. In this case, I had a discussion with the health professionals of this institute on the end of life,” the Minister of Health posted this Friday on her X account (ex-Twitter).
And for those who mind democracy, it also means interacting with people who don’t share your ideas. And in this case, I had a discussion with the health professionals of this institute on the end of life. https://t.co/3QgUZ6c76D
— Agnès Firmin Le Bodo (@agnesfirmin) January 5, 2024
But “my visit was part of the certification as a skills center for rare intellectual disabilities (…) My positions on assisted reproduction, abortion (in the) Constitution and the end of life are known,” he said. she also published under another post. Research centers can receive certification for their research in the field of rare diseases (intellectual disabilities of rare causes, rare epilepsies, etc.).
Visit to a “place of passion and energy”
The day before, the minister had published on her account four photos of her visit to the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, described as “a place of passion and energy, where the development of knowledge around intellectual disabilities is practiced at a level of excellence outstanding “. The Jérôme Lejeune Institute is a research center on intellectual disabilities of genetic origin, emanating from the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, fiercely opposed to abortion, assisted reproduction and even euthanasia.
Visit to the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, a place of passion and energy, where innovation and the development of knowledge around intellectual disabilities are practiced at a remarkable level of excellence.
Thank you to the teams for their welcome and our discussions! pic.twitter.com/6t0epkZeqh
— Agnès Firmin Le Bodo (@agnesfirmin) January 4, 2024
The first message and photos of the minister posted on X this Thursday provoked numerous reactions on the social network, which castigated “the entire Catholic IVG team”. “Macronian progressivism has a funny taste,” quipped the communist senator from Hauts-de-Seine Pierre Ouzoulias, denouncing this “praise” from the minister “to the Lejeune Foundation, a mecca of conservatism, opposed to IVG and a large number of medical research. “There is, with this ministerial visit, a shift in power to flatter reactionary companies,” he said. for its part denounced the PS mayor of Montpellier Michaël Delafosse.
Agnès Firmin Le Bodo became interim Minister of Health after the resignation of Aurélien Rousseau, due to disagreement over immigration law. She was the linchpin of the end-of-life bill, which should make it possible to legalize a form of assisted suicide. While rumors of a reshuffle are rife, she is weakened politically by a case of illicit gifts received within the framework of her previous functions as pharmacist.
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