🇫🇷Simone Veil-survived Auschwitz, became a lawyer, entered ministry for justice, secured dual parental control of family legal matters & adoptive rights for women. Minister for Health, facilitated contraception access and legalized abortion. President of EU parliament. d. 2017 pic.twitter.com/xZGeqrQkA8

— Kate Milne (@katemilne8) December 2, 2017