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Rights advocates have warned that the new statute will make it more difficult for women to access safe abortions. Far-right lawmakers hailed it as a "chance for life."
All women seeking to terminate a pregnancy will have to listen to the fetus's heartbeat beforehand.
Hungary has tightened abortion rules with activists decrying that pregnant women will have to listen to the foetus' heart beat before having an abortion.
Abortions in Hungary have been legal since the 1950s. However, in recent years, the conservative government of PM Viktor Orbán has slowly reduced access to birth control while campaigning on incentives for would-be parents.
All women seeking to terminate a pregnancy will have to listen to the fetus's heartbeat beforehand.