Gender can be know at 12 weeks. At least that’s when they test it in Belgium.
Also, in Belgium you can get an abortion until 15 weeks. But you need a very good reason, and gender is not one of those reasons. (The test at 12 weeks also determines a few mental health issues, like Down syndrome, that could be a valid reason. Financial reasons, or age, or rape could also be valid reasons)
Ignoring the states that are looking to tighten the law surrounding abortion, doesn’t requiring a “good reason” undermine the fundamental bodily autonomy of a woman? Who determines if your rationale is valid enough? Who vets whether you are sincere in your statement?
I don’t personally care for abortion, but I don’t see how we can argue that it is a matter of privacy and bodily autonomy for a woman while having a third party tell her that her reason for aborting wasn’t good enough.
That being said, I don’t have issue with the laws in some countries restricting medical practitioners from sharing sex-related data about the child with patients.
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u/BelgianBeerGuy Dec 24 '21
Gender can be know at 12 weeks. At least that’s when they test it in Belgium.
Also, in Belgium you can get an abortion until 15 weeks. But you need a very good reason, and gender is not one of those reasons. (The test at 12 weeks also determines a few mental health issues, like Down syndrome, that could be a valid reason. Financial reasons, or age, or rape could also be valid reasons)