Legal conditions

• Two registered medical practitioners must certify that the required medical grounds have been met.

Specific conditions for minors

• Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 18 unless both doctors agree that the minor has sufficient maturity.
  

Mandatory pre-abortion examinations

• None

Involved healthcare professionals

• Surgical abortion: obstetrician/gynaecologist (OB/GYN) or another physician
• Medical abortion: OB/GYN, another physician, midwife or nurse under physician supervision.

Abortion ratio – Missing data
Abortions “on request” – Missing data

In 2016, among women who had induced abortion:

• 98% lived in England or Wales
• 38% had at least 1 previous induced abortion
• 55% had at least 1 child.

Women age at first birth

• 29 years of age (2014).

Overall contraception data – Missing data

Pre-abortion contraception- Missing data

Contraception during abortion process- Missing data

• All HCPs have the right to conscientiously object.
• Both surgical and medical abortions are free of charge for resident women and non-resident women from Northern Ireland.
• Other non-resident women have to pay:

– surgical abortion (up to 14 weeks): around 750 €
– medical abortion (up to 10 weeks): around 430 €
– medical abortion (11-14 weeks): around 750 €