https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In Denmark, women who receive fertility treatment often become pregnant with twins. https://www.thelocal.no/20170105/why-foreign-women-are-seeking-abortions-in-norway Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:21:50 +0100 why-foreign-women-are-seeking-abortions-in-norway Norway’s health authorities have ruled that foreign women pregnant with twins should be allowed to abort one fetus in Norwegian hospitals, even if it is perfectly healthy. https://www.thelocal.no/20161018/norway-to-allow-foreign-women-to-abort-healthy-twins Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:55:01 +0200 norway-to-allow-foreign-women-to-abort-healthy-twins A court in Norway on Tuesday sentenced a man to six years in prison for slipping abortion pills into his ex-girlfriend's drink and causing a miscarriage, Norwegian media reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20150317/man-gets-six-years-for-abortion-pill-smoothie Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:31:26 +0100 man-gets-six-years-for-abortion-pill-smoothie A man in Norway has admitted to tricking his pregnant ex-girlfriend into terminating her pregnancy by making her a smoothie laced with abortion pills, claiming he felt it was "the only way out". https://www.thelocal.no/20150310/man-aborted-girlfriends-child-with-smoothie Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:03:47 +0100 man-aborted-girlfriends-child-with-smoothie Christian doctors in Norway on Monday called for the right to refuse to offer their patients the contraceptive coil, arguing that for many of them it was tantamount to abortion. https://www.thelocal.no/20140120/christian-gps-in-norway-want-right-to-refuse-the-coil Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:38:00 +0100 christian-gps-in-norway-want-right-to-refuse-the-coil Norway is to tighten its abortion laws after it emerged that 17 foetuses were aborted after the 22-week limit between 2001 and 2011. https://www.thelocal.no/20140102/norway-to-tighten-law-after-late-abortions-revealed Thu, 02 Jan 2014 11:26:00 +0100 norway-to-tighten-law-after-late-abortions-revealed A pilot project with free contraceptive pills for Norwegian women younger than 25 has seen abortion rates halved, yet the Health Minister does not want to roll out the system nationwide. https://www.thelocal.no/20130726/free-pill-halves-norways-abortion-rate Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:33:00 +0200 free-pill-halves-norways-abortion-rate All doctors must be prepared to refer patients to abortion clinics even if the wilful termination of a pregnancy runs counter to their own beliefs, Norway’s health ministry has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.no/20120214/doctors-cant-opt-out-of-abortion-duties Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:09:18 +0100 doctors-cant-opt-out-of-abortion-duties Oslo University Hospital has received a rap on the knuckles from a health service watchdog after it demanded advance payment from an undocumented migrant from West Africa who wanted an abortion. https://www.thelocal.no/20120113/illegal-immigrant-denied-abortion-in-oslo Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:44:19 +0100 illegal-immigrant-denied-abortion-in-oslo Norwegian-Indian woman give birth to abnormally high numbers of boys, a study has shown, sparking fears that families are deliberately aborting female foetuses. https://www.thelocal.no/20120109/indians-in-norway-aborting-girl-foetuses Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:44:49 +0100 indians-in-norway-aborting-girl-foetuses One in four Norwegian medical students will seek an exemption in writing from ever having to perform or assist in abortions decided by the female patient. https://www.thelocal.no/20110927/one-in-four-docs-to-avoid-abortions Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:14:11 +0200 one-in-four-docs-to-avoid-abortions