enzino schreef:Zoals ik eerder aangaf geldt dit in heel Canada, delen van Australië, en 7 Amerikaanse staten. Het gaat dan niet om een (bijna) overleden foetus of gevaar voor de moeder, andere redenen die genoemd werden waren het uitgaan van de relatie en een veranderde socio-economische status (baan verlies bijvoobeeld).
Die 24 weken grens is gebaseerd op enkele gevallen waar het kind met grote medische ingrepen in leven kon worden gehouden, terwijl andere overleden, en enkele met ernstige handicaps verder door het leven mochten.
Kleine nuance, er is in Canada geen wet die zegt dat het niet mag in elke fase van de zwangerschap. Dat is wat anders dan er in elke fase in de praktijk wordt geaborteerd (https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-is-t ... -1.5890266):
Citaat:ABORTION IN CANADA
Across Canadian provinces, abortions are regulated similarly to other health-care procedures. Through the Canada Health Act, Canadians have a right to access sexual and reproductive health services, which includes abortion. However, it remains difficult to obtain in many provinces.
Abortions can be done medically via a pill or other medication taken at home, however, if the fetus is over nine weeks old, a surgical abortion is required.
According to Planned Parenthood Toronto, there are only 11 clinics in Ontario that offer surgical abortion, most of which are located in the southern region of the province. New Brunswick, for example, doesn't have a single clinic offering surgical abortion.
According to a study published by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights in 2019, no providers in Canada offer abortion services more than 23 weeks and six days into a pregnancy. Those who are this far into their pregnancy and looking for an abortion often travel to the United States for the procedure instead, which would be in jeopardy should Roe v. Wade be overturned.
Since there are currently no Canadian laws that explicitly guarantee access to abortion as a right, Gilbert said "there is absolutely no doubt" that provinces could implement barriers to abortion access as it is a matter of health care, something that is provincially regulated.
She noted that limits on how late in a pregnancy an abortion can be performed are determined at the provincial or territorial level in Canada, and enforced by the medical community, not the courts.
"Over the past few years we've dismantled many of those barriers, like needing a doctor referral to get an abortion or refusal to pay for clinic abortions or out-of-province abortions, but some of these things could come back up as provincial issues," she said.