Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1970: abortion is allowed (Law 239 dated 24 March)
1978: Law No. 564 (19 July)
1985: Law No. 572 (12 July)
2001: Law No. 328
Legal conditions
- Written consent by the woman
- Approval from 1 or 2 physicians or national authority (except when life is in danger)
- Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling) + pre-abortion laboratory tests
- Contraception evoked during the medical consultation.
Specific conditions for minors
- Specific counselling for minors under 16.
- Social worker involved, parents (or guardians) never informed.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
Abortion request needs to be approved by 1 or 2 physicians or national authority (except when life is in danger).
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SOURCES
IPPF European Network – Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)
Laki (24.3.1970/239) ja asetus (29.5.1970/359) raskauden keskeyttämisestä. Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuoltolainsäädäntö. Toim. H. Ranta, Kauppakaari Oyj, Gummerus, Jyväskylä 2000
Statistical information on welfare and health in Finland (https://sotkanet.fi/sotkanet/en/haku?g=470)
National Institute for Health and Welfare (https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/statistics/statistics-by-topic/sexual-and-reproductive-health/abortions/induced-abortions)
National Institute for Health and Welfare (https://sampo.thl.fi/pivot/prod/en/ab/shp/fact_ab_shp?row=time-430&row=measure-10483&column=area-10453.)
National Institute for Health and Welfare (https://sampo.thl.fi/pivot/prod/en/ab/kokomaa/fact_ab_kokomaa?row=time-430&column=age-10452.&column=measure-10710.10755.10743.10733)
National Institute for Health and Welfare (https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/statistics/statistics-by-topic/sexual-and-reproductive-health/abortions/induced-abortions)
National Institute for Health and Welfare: Induced abortions 2017
Statistics Finland (http://www.stat.fi/til/synt/2017/synt_2017_2018-04-27_tie_001_en.html)
National Institute for Health and Welfare
Statistics Finland’s PxWeb databases
https://sampo.thl.fi/pivot/prod/en/ab/kokomaa/summary_raskausviikoittain
https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/statistics/statistical-databases/database-reporting#Sexual%20and%20reproductive%20health
We thank Pr. Oskari HEIKINHEIMO for his help in data collection.
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