Several bills have just been voted in the National Assembly to authorize the extension of the period of recourse to abortion from 12 to 14 weeks, to train midwives in the practice of surgical abortion and to eliminate the double conscience clause for practitioners (a conscience clause specific to abortion).
Last summer, moreover, the Assembly adopted an amendment allowing an IMG of up to 9 months on the grounds of "psychosocial distress".
These texts are now submitted for consideration by the Senate.
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Regarding the delay in resorting to abortion, some would like to disregard the reflection on the stage of development of the embryo, which, at 12 weeks, is already a fetus.
However, honesty, before making the decision to extend the period of recourse to abortion, requires knowing what a fetus at 12 weeks is: looking at an image of this little being whose heart beats and who, already looks a lot like the baby he can be.
Whether abortion is, in such a case, the termination of a life is
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