{"id":2745,"date":"2018-11-19T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2018-11-19T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:59:16","slug":"norwegians-protest-against-restricting-abortion-as-pm-tries-to-cling-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/2018\/11\/19\/norwegians-protest-against-restricting-abortion-as-pm-tries-to-cling-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegians protest against restricting abortion as PM tries to cling to power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content article__content selectionShareable\">\n<p>Thousands in cities across Norway have been protesting against proposals to restrict women\u2019s access to abortion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content article__content selectionShareable\">\n<p>\u201cMy body my right\u201d and \u201cDefend abortion\u201d were among the messages scrawled on banners and signs in Oslo on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"adzone-outstream\" class=\"advertising advertising--no-label js-adzone advertising--outstream advertising--called advertising--rendered\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6458\/euronews_new\/programs-news\/web-digital-stories_4__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content article__content selectionShareable\">\n<p>Moves to tighten abortion law have been raised as Prime Minister Erna Solberg seeks to prop up her minority coalition government with support from the Christian Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>To appease the socially conservative party, she has proposed to amend legislation which permits abortions after 12 weeks in cases of multiple births and \u201cserious illness\u201d, where the fetus suffers from a genetic abnormality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an interview with broadcaster NRK ealier this month, deputy leader of the Christian Democrats Kjell Ingolf Ropstad said: \u201cIt is discriminating to select on the basis of having different skills &#8230; Children with Down syndrome should have the same legal rights as other children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At present, abortions after 12 weeks in Norway are permitted at the discretion of a panel of two hospital doctors. If an abortion request is rejected, the decision can also be appealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands in cities across Norway have been protesting against proposals to restrict women\u2019s access to abortion. \u201cMy body my right\u201d and \u201cDefend abortion\u201d were among the messages scrawled on banners and signs in Oslo on Saturday. Moves to tighten abortion law have been raised as Prime Minister Erna Solberg seeks to prop up her minority coalition government with support from&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/2018\/11\/19\/norwegians-protest-against-restricting-abortion-as-pm-tries-to-cling-to-power\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-euronews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2746,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions\/2746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}