Denmark announced changes to its country’s abortion laws that allowed girls between the ages of 15 and 17 to have an abortion without parental consent.
The new law also stipulates that women can legally terminate pregnancies up to 18 weeks. Previously, women were allowed to get abortions for pregnancies up to 12 weeks, theThe Scandinavian country had one of the strictest abortion legislation in Europe. The changes come after some of Denmark’s government officials expressed the need to modernize its country’s abortion laws. It is reportedly the first change to the country’s abortion laws in 50 years.
“After 50 years, it is time for the abortion rules to keep up with the times,” Sophie Løhde, Denmark’s Health Minister, said. Denmark’s gender equality minister, Marie Bjerre, celebrated the law change and welcomed it as a sign that her country was fortifying abortion rights compared to other places around the world.
“It is about the individual woman’s freedom, about the right to decide over her own body and her own life,” Bjerre said. “It is a historic day for women’s equality.”Abortion was legalized in Denmark in 1973, and the procedure is covered at no cost for its country’s residents. The number of abortions in the country reached its zenith in 1975.
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