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Europe and North America

Czech majority Supports abortion rights

June 15, 2008
Angus Reid Global Monitor

Support for legal abortions is clearly high in the Czech Republic, according to a poll by CVVM. 75 per cent of respondents think abortion should be allowed at the woman’s request, while an additional 15 per cent think it should be permitted “for societal reasons.”

Support for on-demand abortion has increased by three points since May 2007. Less than 10 per cent of respondents think pregnancy termination should only be legal when the mother’s health is at risk, or that it should be completely banned.

Abortion is legal in the Czech Republic within the first 12 weeks of gestation. The procedure can also be performed for medical reasons in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, or at any time during gestation and if the fetus has defects.

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