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ShareAbortion in New Zealand is legal in cases where the pregnant woman faces a danger to her life, physical or mental health, or if there is a risk of the fetus being handicapped in the event of the continuation of her pregnancy.
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In cases not protected by these grounds, mentioned above, performing an abortion on a woman or girl is a crime in New Zealand under the Crimes Act 1961 (the woman or girl is not party to the offence). Regulations in New Zealand require that abortions after 12 weeks gestation be performed in a "licensed institution", which is generally understood to be a hospital. Abortions must be authorised by two doctors (referred to as "certifying consultants" within the legislation), one of whom must be a gynaecologist or obstetrician. However, doctors can refuse to authorise the procedure, in which case the woman must find another doctor and plead her case with them until she has the permission of two doctors, and also a qualified surgeon if neither of those doctors are licensed to perform the operation.
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New Zealand clinics and associations
for clinics see http://abortion.org.nz/where-to-go/provider-locations Whangarei Area Hospital Hospital Road Whangarei (09)4304100/ Auckland Medical Aid Centre Ltd (Limited licence only) 283-289 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland 1030 (09)6386040, (09)6388495/ (09)6310451 Epsom Day Unit Greenlane… Read more »
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New Zealand
After decades of campaigning New Zealand has passed a landmark bill to decriminalise abortion. Here you can read more about it https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/new-zealand-passes-landmark-law-decriminalise-abortion For a good article about the past situation in New Zealand read… Read more »
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