{"id":249233,"date":"2021-07-17T13:37:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=249233"},"modified":"2021-07-16T17:43:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:43:06","slug":"guernsey-extends-abortion-birth-children-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guernsey-extends-abortion-birth-children-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite anti-discrimination law, Guernsey to allow children with disabilities to be killed up to birth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the BBC<\/a>, the British channel island of Guernsey has liberalized its abortion law after politicians approved an extension<\/a> on the gestational age limit for abortions.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, about 200 pro-abortion and pro-life activists gathered outside as the decision to amend the 1997 abortion law was handed down in a final vote of 27 to 11.\u00a0Currently, abortion is restricted to the first three months (12 weeks) of pregnancy, but the updated law<\/a> will allow abortions up until six months (24 weeks) of pregnancy when children are capable of surviving outside the womb. Abortion for preborn children diagnosed with a health condition or disability will be allowed until birth.<\/p>\n

In addition to extending the time limit on abortion, the new law will allow just one doctor to approve the abortion instead of two as was previously required, and will also allow DIY abortions at home with expanded use of the abortion pill. Nurses and midwives will be able to dispense the abortion pill, which has been found to be four times more dangerous<\/a> than a first-trimester surgical abortion.<\/p>\n