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The limit for medically aided abortion in Germany is 22 weeks, just to bring it up for context.

• idiocrat 4y ago
  Does the European week begins on Monday or Sunday?
  • uniqueuid 4y ago
    Everything pregnancy-related is calculated with day precision. Source: Have two kids.
• 16890c 4y ago
  No [1], the limit is 12 weeks. Any abortion above 12 weeks is a crime (except for special cases) and the doctor can be held accountable. What you're probably referring to is the fact that the pregnant woman will not be persecuted up until 22 weeks. [1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__218a.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__218a.html
  • heinrichhartman 4y ago
    What value does a law have if you are not enforcing it?
    • Freak_NL 4y ago
      It gives conservative parties in a coalition something to hold on to while tentatively accepting the status quo. And it gives them hope that turning back the clock on women's reproductive rights might be possible if legislature or the judiciary ever shifts to a majority willing to undo them. It also allows commenters on websites to go “Ackchyually, …”, purposely ignoring the de facto legal situation, focusing on the de jure fiction instead.
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  • neuronic 4y ago
    Yes, the limit for regular abortions is 12 weeks. However, it's 22 weeks for special circumstances according to § 218a: https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/themen/familie/schwangerschaft-und-kinderwunsch/schwangerschaftsabbruch/schwangerschaftsabbruch-nach-218-strafgesetzbuch-81020 https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/themen/familie/schwangerschaft-...
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