In a press statement, Danish Equality Minister Marie Bjerre announced that girls aged 15 to 17 years can have an abortion without parental consent. According to Bjerre, “The government wants young women to be able to decide about their own bodies and their own lives”.

Editor’s Note: While the capacity to terminate pregnancy offers girls the option to change their lives, what values does this promote in society? How will the normalization of abortion affect how we view pregnancy and having children?

Could irreverent acts like a symptom of societies devaluing human life?

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