23.05.2022:
The right to abortion is under threat in the United States and parts of Europe. Health is a fundamental human right that can never be taken for granted. On 30 May 2022, it will be 44 years since the Norwegian parliament (the Storting), with a majority of one, voted in favour of elective abortions up to gestation week 12 in Norway (1). The fight had been a long one. In 1915, with her lecture 'The liberation of motherhood', Katti Anker Møller (1868–1945) was the first in Norway to publicly advocate for the legalisation of abortion and free access to contraception. A little over 50 years later...