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Germany eliminated a Nazi-era law Friday that prohibited doctors from advertising abortion services.
The law, paragraph 219a of the German criminal code, prevented doctors from providing details on abortion procedures but did allow doctors to state that they perform abortions. The law was originally enacted in 1933, shortly after the Nazis took power in Germany.
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The majority coalition of the Social Democrats and Greens have pushed for this change since taking power late last year. The opposition party, the Christian Democrat Union, to which former Chancellor Angela Merkel belonged, opposed the change.
The minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus, praised the abolition of the law in a statement.
“Today is a good day for doctors in Germany — and especially for the women in our country,” she said.
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The news of Germany easing restrictions on abortion advertisements comes as the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, returning the issue of abortion to the states.
