Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1975: abortion is allowed (To be confirmed)
Legal conditions (data to be confirmed)
• Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling) + pre-abortion laboratory tests
• Contraception to be evoked before the woman is discharged from hospital.
• Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 16 or who have been declared incompetent; possibility of dispensation if special reasons make this impossible.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
Mandatory pre-abortion examinations
• Blood group and rhesus factor (To be confirmed).
• Surgical abortion: obstetrician/gynaecologist (OB/GYN)
• Medical abortion: OB/GYN (To be confirmed).
Both surgical and medical abortions are free of charge for the women. They only have to pay for the consultation and blood test. (To be confirmed)
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/)
Fræđslusamtök um kynlíf og barneignir (FKB) (http://www.fkb.is)
National Institute for Health and Welfare: Induced abortions in the Nordic countries 2015
CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2256.html)
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