Free birth control, too:
Israel will pay for abortions for women between the age of 20 and 33 in 2014, Ha’aretz reports, and health officials announced Monday they hope to expand eligibility to all women in the future.
The funding was approved as part of the 2014 list of state-subsidized medical items, and expands coverage for women who were previously eligible for state-funded abortions only in the case of a medical emergency or sexual abuse. Women under 20 and over 40 are already eligible for state-funded abortions regardless of circumstance.
The new rule will allow for 6,300 more women to have abortions next year. The director of the committee that determines the list of subsidized items said at a press conference that Israel intends to expand state-funded abortions to all women, and make contraceptive pills universally available too.
Abortion in Israel: State Expands Eligibility for Subsidized Abortions | TIME.com
What's a hard right winger to do?
Support Israel at all costs, no matter what?
Medical care that is free and paid for? good thats awesome especially when it comes to abortion and BC.
Its still not enough though they need a system closer to ours but with their medical coverage. THier laws are still not down the middle enough abandoning the human rights of women to much, needs better balance.
ALso for some back ground on the abortion laws there
1977 penal code
Clauses 312-321 of the 1977 penal code limit the circumstances when an abortion is legal in Israel. Abortions can only be performed in Israel by licensed gynecologists in recognized medical facilities that are specifically and publicly recognized as a provider of abortions.Abortions must be approved by the termination committee.
Circumstances under which abortion is legal
A termination committee approves abortions, under sub-section 316a, in the following circumstances:
The woman is younger than seventeen (the legal marriage age in Israel) or older than forty.
The pregnancy was conceived under illegal circumstances (rape, statutory rape etc.), in an incestuous relationship, or outside of marriage.
The fetus may have a physical or mental birth defect.
Continued pregnancy may put the woman's life in risk, or damage her physically or mentally.
In cases where the woman is granted an abortion due to the baby being conceived under illegal circumstances or incest, the fetus has a serious physical or mental defect, or the mother's health is in danger, the state pays for the abortion.
In all other cases, the abortion is carried out at the woman's expense.
Women who get pregnant while doing their military service are entitled to free, state-financed abortion.
There are 41 termination committees operating in public or private hospitals across Israel.
These committees consist of a physician whose field of expertise is obstetrics or gynecology, another physician who is either a family doctor, psychiatrist, internist or gynecologist, and a social worker. At least one member must be a woman.
Six separate committees consider abortion requests when the fetus is beyond 24 weeks old.
In practice, most requests for abortion are granted, and leniency is shown especially under the clause for emotional or psychological damage to the pregnant woman. In addition, about half of all abortions are performed illegally in private doctors' clinics without approval from a committee. Though women who get an illegal abortion face no criminal penalties, physicians who perform them can face a fine or up to five years' imprisonment, but there have been no known prosecutions of doctors for performing illegal abortions.[3] About 40,000 abortions take place in Israel every year, about half of them legal.
Structure of the committee
The termination committee consists of three members, at least one of which is a woman. Of the three members, two must be licenced physicians, one an expert on obstetrics and gynaecology, and the other one either OB/GYN, internal medicine, psychiatry, family medicine or public health. The third member of the committee must be a social worker.
so while i like the fiance side of it, its still to lopsided and ignoring and violating the human rights of the woman (which like the ZEF will factually always be violated) just needs some better balance.
