New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little speaks to lawmakers in Wellington, New Zealand Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Lawmakers voted in favor of a landmark bill that treats abortion as a health issue rather than a crime. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
March 18, 2020
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March 18, 2020 4:47 a.m.
New Zealand passes landmark law to decriminalize abortion
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Margaret Sparrow was 21 years old when she drank a concoction to induce an abortion, at a time when the procedure was both illegal and socially unacceptable in New Zealand.