Nothing like being forced into taking a closer look at what a child looks like, at 12 weeks old the child is still a human being.
Fake foetus pic inflames Norway abortion debate
Published: 03 Feb 2014 11:20 GMT+01:00
A Christian Democrat mayor has inflamed the abortion debate in Norway by posting a picture purporting to resemble a 12-week-old foetus on Facebook.
“This is what a 12-week-old foetus looks like,” Jørgen Kristiansen, the deputy mayor of Kristiansand, wrote under the picture. “It gives me at least a basis for reflection when the country is standing in the middle of a discussion on doctor’s reservation rights.
Norway’s new government is presently in consultation over plans to allow doctors to refuse to refer patients to have abortions if they, for religious or other reasons, are ethically opposed.
The plans are being debated as part of a deal Norway’s two-party coalition struck after last September’s election to win the support of the minority Christian Democrat party.