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Abortion in Norway is available on demand within the first twelve weeks of gestation, measured as 11 weeks and 6 days from the first day of the last menstrual period. [1] After this 12-week time limit, a request must be submitted to a special medical assessment board that will determine whether an abortion will be granted. [1]
Sweden was the first liberal democracy in Europe to legalise abortion, in 1938; this move was followed by the introduction of limited abortion laws in Denmark in 1939, [35] Finland in 1950, [36] and Norway in 1964. More liberal abortion laws were introduced in Norway in 1964, Finland in 1970, and Denmark and Iceland in 1973.
The Soviet Union had more than 200 million reported abortions throughout its history according to the Johnstons Archive. [4] Since legalization in 1967, there have been 9,331,978 abortions in the United Kingdom according to government reports collected by the Johnstons Archive.
Became the world's first country to make women's free choice to request an abortion a constitutional right in March 2024. Abortion rights, which have been legal since a landmark 1974 law, are more ...
The anti-abortion push comes as Russian women appear to be in no rush to have more children amid the war in Ukraine and economic uncertainty. Sales of abortion pills in 2022 were up 60%, according ...
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Abortion in Russia is legal as an elective procedure up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and in special circumstances at later stages. [1] In 2009, Russia reported 1.2 million abortions, [2] out of a population of 143 million people. In 2020, Russia had decreased its number of abortions to 450 thousand. [3]
They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again.