Poll: no need to amend abortion law

Poll: no need to amend abortion law
Slight majority in new poll wants to stick with the existing abortion law
 
05.07.2022 - 12:18

Unlike the other Nordic countries, the Faroe Islands do not offer abortion on demand.

On Friday, 6,186 people provided their answers to the question ‘Should the abortion law be amended?’ in an online poll on news website portal.fo.

 >> SEE ALSO Nordic Council: Faroese abortion law needs upgrade

Some 49 percent said the law did not need to be changed, while 6 percent said they were neutral on the matter.

The remaining 45 percent said the existing law should be amended.

 >> SEE ALSO Nobody uses abortion hotline

According to news website in.fo, it is unlikely that any proposal regarding abortion on demand will be introduced in Parliament anytime soon, despite many opposition MPs calling for such a law change.

 

Read the Faroese version of this article here.

More Faroese News in English.

Er kopiera
Nýggjastu sendingar í ÚV
Mikudag 30. juli
Morgunlestur mikudagur 30. juli 2025
194901
Týsdag 29. juli
Ringreiðin
195039
Týsdag 29. juli
Ólavsøka í Studio 4
195035
Nýggjastu sendingar í SV
Týsdag 29. juli
Upp á gólv - Ólavsøkudag
195038
Týsdag 29. juli
Tingið verður sett
195033
Týsdag 29. juli
Guðstænasta úr Havnar kirkju
195031
Mánadag 28. juli
Á Ólavsøku 2025
195019
Mánadag 28. juli
Ólavsøkan verður sett 2025
195018