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As defenders of human life, for several months we have been following the progress of the bill tabled by various progressive parties in the fall, which provides for serious changes to the law on abortion, which deserve to be mentioned. From a moral point of view, as a legal theory, the proposals are a disaster; the most discussed, namely the extension of the legal deadline from 12 to 18 weeks, is in fact even the least bad compared to the other planned adjustments. Here is an overview of the proposals and the latest developments.

(This article was written for Jeunes pour la Vie and was published on their website on July 24, 2020)

The vice-presidents of Mars for Life NPO do not want the period in which someone can have an abortion to be extended in our country from 12 to 18 weeks. The reason for their opinion is legislative proposals that have been submitted to the Chamber to relax abortion legislation.

The original text of this contribution was published in Dutch on 24 October 2019 on vrt.be with the title: Abortus moet een tragische uitzondering blijven.