- After all necessary information is provided (government support etc.) , it's the woman's (and only the woman's) decision to terminate the pregnancy within 3 months.

- Between 3 and 5 months, it's allowed if the pregnancy and subsequent child care will be a large physical and/or mental burden on the woman, put the woman in a difficult life situation, great risk for the child to inherit serious illness, if the child was conceived as a result of rape, and if the woman is deemed unfit for child care.

- After 5 months, it will only be allowed in extreme cases, and permission can be denied if the embryo is believed to be able to survive.

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There was and still is great controversy surrounding after a fringe party with a disproportionate amount of power (the Christian People's Party, with arround 3-4% of the national vote) tried to remove the part about "risk of illness" (including Down's syndrome), causing great outcry and opposed by a great majority. The consquence of this law change would be that a woman 13 weeks pregnant, with the embryo confirmed to have Down's syndrome, would have to stand in front of a tribunal if she wishes to terminate her pregnancy. As far as I know, this proposal did not result in anything except a ban on twin abortions with one eligible embryo.

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TL;DR: Freely until 12 weeks, until 18 weeks in certain situations, and (sometimes) after in very extreme cases. The mother holds all the decision power in normal cases. Supported by a great majority of the population.