19 Facts About Christine Boutin

Christine Boutin served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Christine Boutin is best known for her very vocal opposition to civil unions in 1998 and same-sex marriage later on.

Christine Boutin announced on 21 October 2017 that she was leaving politics, resigning as departmental councillor for Yvelines.

Christine Boutin married her cousin Louis Boutin in 1967 with whom she had three children.

Christine Boutin entered politics in 1977 as a city council member of the village of Auffargis.

In 1993, Christine Boutin founded the anti-abortion NGO Alliance pour les droits de la vie, considered the largest anti-abortion organization in France.

In 1998, Christine Boutin became somewhat famous because of a five-hour speech in opposition to the PACS domestic partnership plan, arguing that its adoption by the government would encourage homosexuality.

Christine Boutin held a Bible during the speech, an image which would later become associated with her.

In 2002, Christine Boutin who had been a member of the UDF party, joined the UMP when it was founded.

In 2006, Christine Boutin supported the "global license" flat-fee authorization for sharing of copyrighted files over the Internet in a heated parliamentary debate on the DADVSI law.

Christine Boutin has been an advocate for a guaranteed minimum income, as well as expanded housing rights.

Christine Boutin has considered the situation of prisons in France to be a scandal and has argued for a drastic reduction of inmates as well as improving their life-conditions.

In December 2006, Christine Boutin announced that she would not be a candidate for the 2007 French Presidential election and pledged her support for the Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy.

On 18 May 2007, after Sarkozy's victory in the presidential election, Christine Boutin was named Minister of Housing and the City in the government of Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

Christine Boutin has taken as advisors the anti-abortion activist Christine de Chefdebien, controversial for a 1992 anti-abortion occupation of a hospital, and the priest Jean-Marie Petitclerc.

Christine Boutin has a liberal view on condom use in Africa to prevent AIDS, saying that contraceptives were necessary, appearing to contradict an earlier view by Pope Benedict XVI.

Christine Boutin has however been critical of contraception outside of the AIDS context in Africa.

In October 2012, Christine Boutin stated that she remained strongly opposed to same-sex marriage, claiming that it would lead to polygamy.

In 2022, Christine Boutin announced that she was supporting Eric Zemmour and had joined Reconquete.