In Germany, it’s 12 weeks for any reason, with counseling, which you can get from the churches or various secular organizations including a German equivalent of

In Germany, it’s 12 weeks for any reason, with counseling, which you can get from the churches or various secular organizations including a German equivalent of Planned Parenthood (ProFamilia). But after that, birth defects (spotted thanks to the detailed ultrasound and testing everyone gets as part of free maternity care) and of course life/health of the pregnant person are grounds. No fear that getting medical treatment for a miscarriage might get you in legal trouble. No fear that your doctor won’t intervene immediately if your wanted pregnancy starts killing you. No fear that you’re going to be forced to give birth to a child just to watch it die. A whole lot of women from Poland denied care at home receive it in Germany, which does not tell their oppressive home country on them. Along with a whole lot of other mitigations, like inexpensive and ubiquitous birth control, free maternity care, a year of partially-paid parental leave, and subsidized daycare, as well as more reliable lifelong assistance for people with physical or intellectual disabilities. Put more concretely: I was unafraid to go through with a surprise but long-wanted pregnancy at 40 in Germany, knowing that if I needed to end it, I’d be able to. I take precautions not to be pregnant while visiting my home state because of a rise in maternal deaths and a reasonable hesitation of obstetricians to get involved in high-risk pregnancies (which includes any after 40). So not really.