The New Zealand government has put forth a bill that would allow women to have an abortion up to 20 weeks into a pregnancy. /VCG Photo

Justice Minister Andrew Little announced the details of the bill in the capital Wellington, August 5, 2019. /VCG Photo

The law will have to pass its first reading in Parliament on Thursday. /VCG Photo

According to Statistics New Zealand, there were around 13,000 abortions last year and only 57 were done after 20 weeks' pregnancy in 2018. /VCG Photo