User:2020tabracey/Abortion in Germany

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In Germany, women can have an abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. There are rules they must follow.

-They need to talk with a counselor and have a doctor help them.

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- Germany's abortion laws have changed. Before, abortion was mostly illegal.

- During World War II rules were different

- After the war, both East and West Germany had tough laws against abortion.

- In 1976 West Germany made changes

- allowing abortions up to 12 weeks with counseling.

- 1992 there were new rules permitted first trimester abortions with counseling and a waiting period.

-Recent changes in 2022 made it easier for doctors to share abortion details online.