Health · Healthcare & Policy · 5 hrs ago
Dutch minister wants to scrap 13-week pregnancy scan
Sharon, 31, ended a pregnancy after a 13-week scan in the Netherlands.
Minister Hermans wants to scrap the scan, according to the headlines.
The scan is a pregnancy check carried out at 13 weeks.
Gynecologists have questioned the plan to remove it.
They have urged Hermans not to abolish it, while Sharon has said losing the scan would be frightening.
The available information does not say whether a decision has been made or what happens next.
The available sources show a dispute over Dutch Minister Hermans’s wish to scrap the 13-week pregnancy scan.
Trouw reported that gynaecologists did not understand the minister’s position.
A de Volkskrant headline carried an explicit appeal to Minister Hermans not to scrap the scan.
De Telegraaf’s headline reported that Sharon, 31, ended her pregnancy after a 13-week scan and called abolition frightening.
The articles’ text was not provided, so the reasons for the minister’s proposal and further details are not stated.
- Who
- Dutch Minister Hermans; gynaecologists oppose or question her position.
- What
- Hermans wants to scrap the 13-week pregnancy scan.
- When
- Articles were published from 15 to 20 October 2026.
- Where
- The Netherlands.
- Why
- Not stated
Minister Hermans
Gynaecologists and those urging the scan to remain
Whether to scrap the scan
Minister Hermans
Wants to scrap the 13-week scan.
Gynaecologists and those urging the scan to remain
Say it should not be scrapped; gynaecologists are reported not to understand the proposal.
Trouw reported that Minister Hermans wanted to scrap the 13-week scan and that gynaecologists did not understand why.
de Volkskrant published a headline appealing to Hermans not to scrap the scan.
De Telegraaf published a headline about Sharon, 31, who ended her pregnancy after a 13-week scan.
- Proposal
- Minister Hermans wants to scrap the 13-week pregnancy scan
- Appeal
- de Volkskrant headline urges Hermans not to scrap it
- Gynaecologists
- Trouw reports they do not understand the proposal
- Sharon
- 31; De Telegraaf headline says she ended her pregnancy after the scan
- Publication dates
- 15–20 October 2026