A recent BBC article lists the various rules for abortion in European countries. Malta is the only country that has a complete ban. Many countries allow it “on request,” but usually not after 12 weeks. Sweden allows it on request up to 18 weeks. Any country that allows it beyond 18 weeks has certain conditions, including, for instance, Ireland, which only allows it to save the life of the mother. Interestingly, that condition includes possible suicide, “a loophole the government and Catholic Church wanted closed.”
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