Wow, that was U.S. in the seventies.
This was Sweden in the seventies:
The current legislation is the Abortion Act of 1974. This states that up until the end of the eighteenth week of the pregnancy the choice of an abortion is entirely up to the woman, for any reason whatsoever. After the 18th and until the 22nd week a woman needs to get permission from the authorities to have an abortion. Permission for these late abortions are usually granted in cases when the fetus or the mother are unhealthy. The issue is largely settled, the question of the legality of abortion is not a political issue, and no relevant debates exist on the matter
Altough abortion got legal in Sweden 1938, but only if you had medical, humanitarian, or eugenical grounds. Then in 1946 we included socio-medical grounds and again in 1963 to include the risk of serious fetal damage.
