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Norway proposes relaxing its abortion law to allow the procedure until 18th week of pregnancy - Clover - Aug 25 2024
AP News, August 23 2024.
https://apnews.com/article/norway-abortion-18th-week-ff794c9e8ea1aa6384cf5a4dfe1f4e6d
Quote:Norway’s government said Friday it wants to relax restrictions on abortion for the first time in nearly half a century to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the 18th week of gestation.
Norway’s laws currently allow legal abortions up to 12 weeks, but many pregnant women ask for an abortion after the 12th week and are granted it in hospitals and clinics.
The proposed changes are “in line with practice today. Almost no one is refused applications for abortion after the 12th week,” Norwegian Health Minister Jan Christian Vestre said. He said that “women’s right to self-determined abortion is a fundamental value in Norway.”