NEW 2020 DATA
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1955: abortion is allowed
2002: Sexual and Reproductive Health Law (31 January)
(To be confirmed)
Legal conditions (data to be confirmed)
- Written consent by the woman
- Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling) + post-abortion consultation
- Mandatory 3-day period between counselling and abortion procedure
- Contraception to be evoked during the pre-abortion consultation.
Specific conditions for minors (data to be confirmed)
- Specific legal counselling
- Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 16.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
Missing data for country specific characteristic
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SOURCES
IPPF European Network – Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)
Latvijas Ģimenes Plānošanas un Seksuālās Veselības Asociācija “PapardesZieds” (LAFPSH) (www.papardeszieds.lv)
CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook)
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