Lawyer and former deputee Gisèle Halimi, who dedicated her life to the cause of women and the right to abortion, died the day after her 93rd birthday. Particularly known for having founded alongside Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Rostand the movement "Choose the cause of women", which campaigned for the decriminalization of abortion, Gisèle Halimi was also committed to the independence of her native country, Tunisia.