ABORTION Legislation in Europe Updated January 2012 IPPF European Network Rue Royale 146 1000 Brussels Belgium www.ippfen.org Contents Figure 1: Countries in which Medical Abortion is legally available .......................................................................... 5 ALBANIA ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ARMENIA .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 AUSTRIA ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 BELGIUM ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA ................................................................................................................................... 15 BULGARIA ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 CYPRUS ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 CZECH REPUBLIC .................................................................................................................................................... 21 DENMARK .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 ESTONIA ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 FINLAND ................................................................................................................................................................. 27 FRANCE .................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Figure 2: Parental Consent ..................................................................................................................................... 31 GEORGIA ................................................................................................................................................................ 32 GERMANY .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 GREECE ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 HUNGARY ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 ICELAND ................................................................................................................................................................. 39 IRELAND ................................................................................................................................................................. 41 ISRAEL .................................................................................................................................................................... 42 KAZAKHKSTAN ....................................................................................................................................................... 44 KYRGYZSTAN .......................................................................................................................................................... 46 LATVIA .................................................................................................................................................................... 48 LITHUANIA ............................................................................................................................................................. 50 MACEDONIA (Republic of) ..................................................................................................................................... 52 MOLDOVA .............................................................................................................................................................. 54 The NETHERLANDS................................................................................................................................................. 57 NORWAY ................................................................................................................................................................ 58 POLAND.................................................................................................................................................................. 60 PORTUGAL ............................................................................................................................................................. 61 ROMANIA ............................................................................................................................................................... 63 Figure 3: Mandatory waiting periods ..................................................................................................................... 65 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ........................................................................................................................................... 66 SERBIA (Republic of) .............................................................................................................................................. 69 SLOVAK REPUBLIC .................................................................................................................................................. 70 SPAIN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 SWEDEN ................................................................................................................................................................. 74 SWITZERLAND ........................................................................................................................................................ 75 TAJIKISTAN ............................................................................................................................................................. 77 TURKEY ................................................................................................................................................................... 79 UKRAINE ................................................................................................................................................................. 80 UNITED KINGDOM ................................................................................................................................................. 83 UZBEKISTAN ........................................................................................................................................................... 85 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................................................................................. 86 September 2012 3 Notes 1) The document is the ninth edition. The previous one was compiled in January 2009. It has been updated following information received from IPPF European Network Member Associations (MAs) 2) This publication covers those countries in which IPPF European Network member association are situated. Information is included on the legislation of the following 41 countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Republic of Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan. When we mention Europe or European Region in this publication we are taking into account only these 41 countries. 3) The exchange rate for the conversion into US$ was calculated at the time of the revision. 4) For comparison of the cost we added the GNI per capita, PPP Data from 2010 as provided by the World Bank. This is the average national income (sum of value added by all resident produces plus net receipts of primary income from abroad. In addition we added the average monthly income, which was calculated by dividing the GNI per capita PPP by 12. 5) Feel free to send us remarks, comments or updates in order to improve the publication and keep it up to date By Post: IPPF EUROPEAN NETWORK ATT: Sarah Standaert Rue Royale 146 1000 Brussels Belgium Email:[email protected] Acknowledgements IPPF European Network would like to thank all its Member Associations for their important contributions to this update. September 2012 4 Figure 1: Countries in which Medical Abortion is legally