Parliament rejects proposed changes to abortion law

Parliament has rejected a Centre Party proposal to amend the abortion law, which came into force on 1 July, KVF reported. The proposal received 13 votes in favour and 18 against.

A separate proposal by Bill Justinussen of the People’s Party to send the matter back to the legal committee was also rejected, with 14 votes in favour and 17 against.

Parliament had voted to bring the Centre Party proposal back from the legal committee to the chamber, even though the committee had not submitted a report. That motion was put forward by Hervør Pálsdóttir of the Republic party.