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I made a minor edit in the sentence talking about counselling. I agree that the sense of this counselling is disputed, but most counsellors don't aim at changing the woman's mind. Prorokini 10:59, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article included numerous errors, mostly regarding timeline of changes etc, as well as the distorted claim about abortions in Nazi Germany that all US Prolifers seem to know.

The main source for all my changes is the German version of this article. Lewis Trondheim 17:01, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Translation

Where does the translation of Schwangerschaftskonfliktberatung as "unwanted-pregnancy counseling" come from? The word does not imply anything about a pregnancy being unwanted in its German original. It only implies a conflict or issue, which could also be medical. Unless there is some official source for this, the translation should be changed into "pregnancy conflict counseling" or similar. 188.63.148.228 (talk) 21:11, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

== Suggest removing the non-relevant sentences about the "Cross of Honour of the German Mother" It is inappropriate to have the section about the "Cross of Honor of the German Mother" section in a wikipedia entry about abortion. It would be appropriate to mention that the NS regime increased the penalties for abortions of "Aryan" women. And not every article about Germany needs a picture of Nazi insignia (here with the depiction of the "Cross of Honor of the German Mother") - certainly this one does not. 2601:152:4001:23E1:9DEC:2227:4168:A316 (talk) 22:01, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting paragraphs?

Firstly we can read that Nazi Germany's eugenics laws liberalized abortion: Nazi Germany's eugenics laws liberalized abortion for both Aryan and non-Aryan women. Aryan women could obtain an abortion simply by demonstrating that either parent had an hereditary defect, or that the child would be born with a congenital defect. Non-Aryan women were "encouraged" to utilize contraception and abortion in order to reduce their populations.[2][citation needed]

Later opposite: In Nazi Germany, the penalties for abortion were increased again. In 1943, providing an abortion to an Aryan woman became a capital offense. Abortion was permitted if the fetus was deformed or disabled.[3][4]

Or I'm reading this wrong and "Nazi Germany's eugenics laws" have nothing to do with "Nazi Germany"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arvenil (talk • contribs) 20:11, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion is illegal in Germany (§ 218) Abortion has never been legalized in West Germany, and is still illegal according to §218. In 1974 the parlament voted for a modifikation of this paragraph, according to which the law is not enforced in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. This law was overthrown by the German supreme court in 1975. In 1976, the West German parliament passed a modified version of this law. According to this version, the law is not enforced on pregnant people and doctors in a number of "indications": within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, when the mother's health is in danger, when pregnancy resulted from rape; also, women must undergo councelling before they have abortions.

$218 is also tied to a law making "advertisment" for abortion illegal.