Sweden a place for abortion
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Daıly News with wires
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 24, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - Norwegian and other foreign women, including Turks, go to Sweden for abortions, where gender-based abortion is legal, reported the Anatolia news agency.
Norway allows abortions until the 12th week of pregnancy, but aborting a fetus because of its gender is not allowed. But, abortion is legal in Sweden until the 18th week of pregnancy and women can decide to end pregnancies because of the fetus’s gender.
Boys wanted
Lars Hamberger, a gynecologist from Goteborg University, talking to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, said; "Women who come to Sweden from Turkey exercise this option if they already have three or four daughters and the new baby is also a girl. These families mostly want boys," Hamberger said.
Abortion was made legal in Sweden in 1975. Every year 30,000 women have abortions in the country of 9 million. For the first six months of 2008, around 19,000 women had abortions in Sweden. But there was no data on how many of these women came from abroad. Around 350 abortions are estimated to be from abroad every year.
Boys wanted
Lars Hamberger, a gynecologist from Goteborg University, talking to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, said; "Women who come to Sweden from Turkey exercise this option if they already have three or four daughters and the new baby is also a girl. These families mostly want boys," Hamberger said.
Abortion was made legal in Sweden in 1975. Every year 30,000 women have abortions in the country of 9 million. For the first six months of 2008, around 19,000 women had abortions in Sweden. But there was no data on how many of these women came from abroad. Around 350 abortions are estimated to be from abroad every year.