1. In Britain, abortion was a crime before 1967. However, according to 1967 abortion law, if two medical practitioners really think that continuing pregnancy will endanger the life of pregnant women and damage the physical and mental health of pregnant women or other children of pregnant women, it is more harmful than terminating pregnancy;
2. According to the existing laws in Northern Ireland (Official Offences Against the Person Act 186 1), pregnant women have the right to choose abortion only when their life or mental health is threatened. This provision was born in the ancient Victorian era and has been abolished in Britain for a long time (1967, Britain promulgated the abortion law? 1967 abortion law, which protects women's right to choose abortion), but in northern Ireland, this provision has been implemented for more than 50 years.
In the United States, abortion was previously defined as a felony in many states. According to the amendment of due process clause in Article 14, the Supreme Court recognized for the first time that women have the right to choose to terminate pregnancy within the first three months of pregnancy. 1989, the US Supreme Court passed another decision aimed at restricting women's abortion.
4. Some countries prohibit or restrict abortion, some of which are for religious and traditional reasons. For example, the Roman Catholic Church strongly opposes any method of artificial termination of pregnancy. Some are due to the low birth rate in our country.
According to the relevant regulations of our country, pregnant women can have induced abortion in medical institutions organized by the state or collectives for medical reasons, such as medicine, prenatal and postnatal care or birth control. There are no restrictions on the age and number of pregnant women, and there is no need to go through specific examination and approval procedures. It is strictly forbidden to have illegal abortions for others without specialized medical knowledge and without approval; Offenders will be punished according to the specific circumstances. If the circumstances are bad and cause serious damage to women's health, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
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Previously, abortion caused by drugs, instruments or other means was a misdemeanor in common law. In the United States, in the past, many states stipulated that abortion was a felony, but in the case of 1973 [Luo v. Wade], the Supreme Court approved for the first time that women had the right to choose to terminate their pregnancy within the first three months of pregnancy according to the amendment of the due process clause of 14. However, in 1989, the US Supreme Court passed another decision aimed at restricting female abortion.
In Britain, abortion before 1967 is a crime, but according to the provisions of 1967 abortion law, if two medical practitioners really think that continuing pregnancy will endanger the life of pregnant women and damage the physical and mental health of pregnant women or other children of pregnant women, it is more harmful than terminating pregnancy; Or if there is a real risk of physical and mental deformity after birth, resulting in serious disability, the doctor can terminate the pregnancy. Except in emergencies, termination of pregnancy must be carried out in hospitals managed according to the National Medical Service System Law.
In Chinese mainland, there is no such provision in national laws, but some local government regulations do, mainly to avoid gender discrimination and rationalize the population structure. Harbin municipal government stipulates that abortion after pregnancy 14 weeks must go through administrative examination and approval; The Regulations on the Prohibition of Selective Termination of Pregnancy in Guiyang stipulates that, except in some special cases, it is forbidden to perform induced abortion on women who are pregnant 14 weeks or more. Otherwise, the maximum penalty may be a fine of less than 6 times the illegal income or a fine of less than 30,000 yuan.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia: abortion