Abortion in Norway

[1] After this 12-week time limit, a request must be submitted to a special medical assessment board that will determine whether an abortion will be granted.

[1] According to the Norwegian Directorate of Health, requirements for being granted an abortion become stricter the longer a woman has been pregnant.

By the law of 1842, it was no longer a capital offense, but could be punished by up to six years of imprisonment and hard labor or abortion in cases where the mother's life was in danger or the child would be stillborn.

In 1934, the ministry of Justice named a committee to start work on new legislation on abortion, headed by Katti Anker Møller's daughter Tove Mohr.

The political debate continued on the issue, though World War II put other priorities in the public discourse.

During the German occupation, the maternal hygiene offices pioneered by Katti Anker Møller were shut down and all their materials put to the fire.

The Christian newspaper Vårt Land became the platform for those opposed to the pending legislation, whereas the Socialist and feminist press advocated for it.

[7] Data from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health revealed that between 2001 and 2011, 17 fetuses had been aborted at 22 or 23 weeks gestation.

In September 2013, a committee appointed by the Ministry of Health and Care Services recommended that abortion should not be allowed after 21 weeks and 6 days gestation.

[8] On 1 January 2015, the regulation on abortion was changed to say that a fetus is presumed viable at 21 weeks and 6 days, unless there are specific reasons to believe it is not.