A woman's right to terminate a pregnancy by the first 12 weeks has been enshrined in law since March 2018 and the state has an obligation to support every woman's free choice, by extending her medical coverage under the GESY, argues the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic Achilleas Demetriades.
In a written statement issued on Tuesday, Demetriades also said that every woman is entitled to receive psychological support for her free choice, before and after termination of pregnancy, as well as any other relevant medical coverage through the GESY.
Referring to figures that have come to light, Demetriades says that every year in Cyprus it is estimated that more than 8 thousand women choose to terminate their pregnancy.
But the state, he notes, has recently decided to adopt the piecemeal practice of medical coverage through the GHS only when the woman documents the exceptions to the law, such as psychological and physical harm.
Referring to the turn of the issue in the US, Achilleas Demetriades describes it as regressive.
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