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
• 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

No mandatory pre-abortion examination

Involved healthcare professionals

• Surgical abortion: obstetrician/gynaecologist (OB/GYN)
• Medical abortion: OB/GYN or another physician

Abortion ratio – [Missing data]

Abortion “on request” – [Missing data]

Time of abortion – [Missing data]

In 2011, among women who had induced abortion, 53% had at least 1 child.

Women age at first birth is 29 years of age in 2014

Overall contraception data

• 54% of women aged 15-49 used a contraceptive method (2015), of whom 77% used oral contraceptive.

Pre-abortion contraception

• In 2011, 52% of women who had abortion had a contraceptive method before abortion procedure.

Contraception during abortion process

• Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) prescribed during abortion process can be placed in abortion facilities:  IUDs are placed 0 to 14 days after abortion procedure and Implants are placed 0 to 14 days after abortion procedure.

• Abortion is not taught during health care professionals’ (HCPs’) medical studies.
• All HCPs have the right to conscientiously object, but they are required to immediatly inform the patient.
• Both surgical and medical abortions are reimbursed to resident women; they only have to pay 3.60 €. Non-resident women have to pay 500 €.