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Sunday, 5 February 2012

What is a Legal Abortion?

New Zealand

New Zealand law permits abortion if 2 certifying consultants agree that:

  • your life, mental health, or physical health is in serious danger from continuing your pregnancy, or
  • there is a great risk that the baby would be severely physically or mentally handicapped, or
  • your pregnancy is the result of incest, or
  • you are under the legal care or protection of the man who fathers your child, or
  • you are severely mentally handicapped
  • your age, or when pregnancy is the result of rape, can also be considered — if your life, or mental or physical health is in serious danger from continuing your pregnancy.
 

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Adapted from the Ministry of Health's booklet, Considering an Abortion: What are your options?

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