Norway’s parliament on Tuesday, December 3, adopted legislation extending the legal limit for abortion from 12 to 18 weeks in the Scandinavian country. Legislators voted by a broad majority in favor of a proposal by the center-left minority government that has been split on the issue.
The new law, which will replace 1978 legislation, will give women until the 18th week of pregnancy to decide whether they want an abortion. Currently, women in Norway can have an abortion after the 12th week but only with the approval of a medical committee made up of two doctors, one male and one female. Refusals are extremely rare.
