In Sweden, abortion pills are used to terminate pregnancies through 22 weeks gestation, compared to just 10 weeks in the United States.
Cecilia Nowell
July 16, 2025
Leaning across the midwife’s desk, Lena (not her real name) explains that she isn’t sure whether she wants to continue her pregnancy. At 36, she feels this is the moment when she must decide if she’d like her 5-year-old son to have any siblings. Her husband is desperate for more children, and everyone in her hometown, the Arctic village of Kiruna, Sweden, expects mothers to have multiple children.
“You can’t say you’d be happy with one in Kiruna,” she says. Everyone’s always asking, “When are you going to have siblings?”
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