German commission says abortion should be decriminalized during first 12 weeks [Video]

• An independent experts commission recommended decriminalizing abortion in Germany and making it legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
• Abortion is illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before the procedure.
• The German government coalition tasked the experts to review abortion laws due to decades of debate on the issue.

An independent experts commission recommended Monday that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Currently, abortion is considered illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before she has the procedure.

Germany’s progressive government coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ Social Democrats, the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats, had tasked the experts commission a year ago to look into the issue of abortion, which has been a hotly debated topic over decades.

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