BERN, Dec 11, 2000 (LSN.ca) – Last Thursday, the Swiss House approved a law allowing abortion on demand in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The law stipulates that doctors must inform women of the alternatives. The law now moves to the Senate but Swiss news agencies are suggesting that the law would likely have to go to a nationwide vote before its implementation.
United Nations records indicate that abortion in now legal in Switzerland only in cases of threats to the life and health of the mother.
For more see the Swissinfo coverage at: https://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=26233
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