A bioethics bill was tabled at the French Council of Ministers on Wednesday July 24, 2019. As the bill is examined by the French Parliament in September, it is a good opportunity to look at how this process came about and examine the contribution made by the French National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE). The CCNE Chairman, Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, came to the Institut Pasteur on June 25 to speak about the National Bioethics Consultation held in 2018 and discuss the topic "science and society" with scientists.