The time limit "
for resorting to a medicated abortion (voluntary termination of pregnancy) outside a hospital environment is relaxed, thus going from 7 to 9 weeks of amenorrhea
", announced the government in a press release on Monday, November 9, while the France is currently undergoing a second lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic.
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The Minister of Health Olivier Véran and the Minister responsible for Equality between women and men Élisabeth Moreno took this decision with a view to "
renewing the exceptional measures adopted during the first confinement
", we can read.
Also, "
all the consultations necessary for medical abortions can be carried out in the form of teleconsultations
".
The National Assembly adopted at the beginning of October a bill extending the legal period for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Sunday, 79 deputies mainly from the left, but also from the majority, signed a platform Sunday, in the JDD, calling on "
the government to accelerate the adoption of the bill on abortion
" by registering it in the Senate agenda.
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