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Lucien Neuwirth | |
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| Member of theFrench Senate forLoire | |
| In office 1983–2001 | |
| Member of theNational Assembly forLoire's2nd constituency | |
| In office 1958–1981 | |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Vennin |
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| Born | Lucien Louis Neuwirth (1924-05-18)18 May 1924 |
| Died | 26 November 2013(2013-11-26) (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Party | RPR |
| Spouse(s) | Marinette Didier |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Lycée Claude-Fauriel |
Lucien Neuwirth (18 May 1924 – 26 November 2013) was a French politician first elected to theFrench National Assembly in 1958. The eponymousNeuwirth Law legalized birth control in France on 28 December 1967.
Born in 1924, Neuwirth joined theFrench Resistance in 1940 and was arrested by the Vichy police. He later escaped throughSpain.[1] He was inLondon in 1944, where he discoveredbirth control which was then banned from France.[2] He joined the Free Frenchparatroopers and fought inBrittany,Belgium andthe Netherlands, where he was wounded and taken prisoner in April 1945. He miraculously survived afiring squad, being only wounded by his captors.[1][3]
After the war, Neuwirth joined theRally of the French People and was elected to theSaint-Étiennecity council.[2] During his time in office he learned of the problems caused by unwanted births.[1] As a member of themilitary reserve force, he spent some time inAlgiers around 1958 and helped in the negotiations which led to the end of theFrench Fourth Republic.[1]
He was elected to theFrench National Assembly in 1958.[4] With some help from the Frenchbirth control movement (Mouvement français du planning familial), he wrote a law draft to legalize birth control in 1966.[1] He faced a violent opposition in his political family, notably the government, and successfully pleaded his case toGeneral De Gaulle himself.[1] TheNeuwirth Law was finally voted withleft-wing support[2] on 19 December 1967.[5]
Neuwirth remained in the National Assembly untilthe pink wave of 1981 and was elected to theSenate in 1983.[4] His main cause in his last years waspalliative care, for which he supported two laws in 1995[1] and in 1999.[2] He died in Paris on 26 November 2013 aged 89.[1]
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