{"id":311833,"date":"2024-05-08T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=311833"},"modified":"2024-05-06T23:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T04:51:09","slug":"denmark-expand-abortion-minors-parental-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/denmark-expand-abortion-minors-parental-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark set to expand abortion and allow it for minors without parental consent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Officials in Denmark have announced<\/a> plans to expand the country’s abortion laws, extending the cutoff from 12 to 18 weeks and allowing 15- to 17-year-olds the ability to get an abortion without parental consent.<\/p>\n

In a release<\/a> published Friday, government officials say they have reached an agreement with four political parties: the Socialist People’s Party, the Red\u2013Green Alliance, the Danish Social Liberal Party and The Alternative, to change the country’s current law, which prohibits abortion after 12 weeks and requires a woman to be 18 years of age. The changes<\/a> will also create a new national abortion board, eliminating the five regional boards that currently exist.<\/p>\n

Abortion was first legalized in the country in 1973, with officials citing a 12-week limit because it was considered ‘safe’ at the time — though abortions are still dangerous and carry a number of risks to women<\/a>. The law change is ideological and is not based on any change in the scientific facts surrounding the humanity of preborn human beings.<\/p>\n

Lawmaker Mette Thiesen called<\/a> the move “a terrible day,” saying, “It\u2019s a terrible new law.\u201d She went on to say there is a \u201cvery fine balance between the woman\u2019s right to her own body, but also the right to life of the little life that lies in the mother\u2019s womb.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIn week 18, we are talking about a small person with fingers and toes, which you can feel inside the womb,” she said.<\/p>\n