Claude Évin (born 29 June 1949) is a French politician and lawyer.

[1] Prior to becoming a member of parliament, Claude Évin was the deputy mayor of Saint-Nazaire, a post he held until 1989.

Since being replaced as an MP for Loire-Atlantique by Marie-Odile Bouillé, he has moved to chairing the French Hospital Federation (FHF).

This was regarding a negative public image related to the popular anti-abortion sentiments of France in the late 1980s.

He stated "I could not permit the abortion debate to deprive women of a product that represents medical progress.