Die Abtreibung mit 15 „hat mein Leben verändert“, sagt der Kandidat der walisischen Grünen

It sounds like she used abortion instead of contraceptives, I don’t know why this is seen as a positive

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The debate surrounding abortion I think is subject to a lot of misinformation because of the distinction between the law and what actually happens.

In the UK, by law there is no absolute right to abortion, however „risk to the health of the mother“ has historically and is currently interpreted as being an elective choice (98% of abortions, 200k a year take place on those grounds). As a result of that we have de facto (e.g. in reality) elective abortion until 24 weeks.

There are very few countries that match or go beyond that.

Interestingly, and contrary to popular opinion, specific US states are actually more permissive de jure; New Mexico for example has legal elective abortion at any stage of pregnancy whereas in its‘ neighbour Texas abortion is illegal with very few exceptions. I don’t have the information to say definitively how that works in practice.