Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1990: abortion is allowed (Law on termination of pregnancy dated 03 April) and a National Evaluation Committee is created (Law dated 13 August)
2018: abortion is out of the penal code (Law on termination of pregnancy dated 15 October)
Legal conditions
- Written consent by the woman
- Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling) + pre-abortion consultation with a social worker + pre-abortion confirmation consultation
- Mandatory 6-day period between counselling and abortion procedure (It can be added to the 14 weeks from LMP limit in case the woman shows late in her pregnancy)
- Contraception evoked during at least 1 of the medical consultations.
- Counselling has to be in the same place as abortion.
- No specific conditions for minors
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
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SOURCES
IPPF European Network – Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)
SENSOA (https://www.sensoa.be/)
Fédération Laïque de Centres de Planning Familial (FLCPF) (https://www.planningfamilial.net)
LUNA (www.abortus.be)
Belgisch Staatsblad / Moniteur Belge (http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2018101503&table_name=loi)
Sensoa, Flemish expertise centre for sexual health (http://sensoa.be/feiten-en-cijfers)
Report Nationale Evaluatiecommissie zwangerschapsafbreking – tweejaarlijks verslag, 2012
Statistics Belgium (http://statbel.fgov.be)
We thank Dr. Nausikaä MARTENS for her help in data collection.
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