"Accessing abortion services in Finland is set to become easier from 1 September as a long-awaited law reform comes into effect.
Finland's Parliament voted in October last year to update the country's 50-year-old legislation on abortion, facilitating better access to the procedure. The reform was passed by a margin of 125-41.
A press release from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health noted the necessity of these amendments in safeguarding a pregnant woman's right to self-determination."
"Under the new law, women will no longer be required to provide reasons for terminating a pregnancy within the first 12 weeks. Their personal choice will be sufficient to obtain a referral."
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It's worth noting this change was passed under the previous SDP-led administration. Would the current right & far-right government have pushed for it?
@JoeP I very much doubt that the current government would do something like this. Those in the current government seem to see the USA as a roadmap to the future rather than a warning of how bad things will get for the average person.
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the whole thread is about politics which many find sensitive and leaving the warning lets them pass it by
it is also about abortion and many who have uterus' are tired of seeing things, even positive things
also, the way I figure it if the OP puts a CW on then I do not take it out. I may add more to it for my reply but I leave what the original one is for the whole thread
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