NEW 2020 DATA
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1956: abortion is allowed
1992: Act LXXIX on ‘the Protection of the Life of the Fœtus’ (17 December)
2000: Act LXXXVII (June)
Specific conditions due to COVID-19
- Ban on non-life-threatening procedures
Practical conditions for medical abortion: Not applicable
Abortion ratio
- 259 abortions per 1,000 live births (2020)
Women age at first birth
- 29 years of age (2020)
Women have to give written consent.
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SOURCES
COVID measures taken from the article by Bojovic N, Stanisljevic J, Giunti G. The impact of COVID-19 on abortion access: Insights from the European Union and the United Kingdom. Health Policy. 2021 Jul;125(7):841-858.
IPPF European Network – Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)
Magyar Család- és Nővédelmi Tudományos Társaság (http://www.novedelem.hu)
https://statinfo.ksh.hu/Statinfo/
https://www.ksh.hu/stadat_files/nep/en/nep0001.html
https://www.ksh.hu/stadat_files/nep/en/nep0006.html
https://www.ksh.hu/stadat_files/nep/en/nep0007.html
We thank Dr. Gyula CSERMELY for her help in data collection.
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