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(66abstract:at mother’s perspective, … at the baby’s points

It depends on the weeks of pregnancy) from wiki

 

Legalization of  was first widely discussed in  during the early 20th century. During the , this discussion led to a reduction in the maximum penalty for abortion, and in 1927 to the legalization - by court decision - of abortion in cases of grave danger to the life of the mother.

In , the penalties for abortion were increased again. From 1943, abortion was threatened with the death penalty.  On the other hand, abortion was at times forced upon members of parts of society that were considered undesirable.

After , abortion remained broadly illegal in both  and , with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />West Germany retaining the legal situation of 1927 while East Germany passed a slightly more encompassing set of exceptions in 1950. The legal requirements in the West were extremely strict, and often led women to seek abortions elsewhere, particularly in the .

East Germany legalized abortion on demand up to 12 weeks of pregnancy in 1972 in the 's only-ever non-unanimous vote before 1989. After West Germany followed suit in 1974, the new law was  by the  as inconsistent with the human rights guarantees of the . It held that the unborn have a , that abortion is an act of killing, and that the fetus(little baby) deserves legal protection throughout its development. Nevertheless, the  strongly hinted that increasing the number of situations in which abortion was legal might be constitutional.

As a result, in 1976, West Germany legalized abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy for reasons of , sexual crimes or serious social or emotional distress, if approved by two doctors, and subject to counseling and a three-day waiting period. In 1989, a  doctor was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and 137 of his patients were fined for failing to meet the certification requirements.

         The two laws had to be reconciled after . A new law was passed by the  in 1992, permitting first-trimester abortions on demand, subject to counseling and a three-day waiting period. The law was quickly challenged in court by a number of individuals - including Chancellor  - and the State of . The  issued a decision a year later maintaining its earlier decision that the constitution protected the fetus from the moment of conception, but stated that it is within the discretion of parliament not to punish abortion in the first trimester^[], providing that the woman had submitted to state-regulated designed to discourage termination and protect unborn life. Parliament passed such a law in 1995. Abortions are not covered by  except for women with .