Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1950: abortion is allowed* in former communist Tchekoslovakia
1987: Law 73 dated 23 October 1986 becomes effective*
1991: Law No. 419/1991*
(* to be confirmed)
Specific conditions due to COVID-19
- Abortions not labelled as essential healthcare
- Four legislative proposals aiming to restrict further abortion access in the country sent to the Parliament
- Three proposals requesting the full abortion ban not approved for further negotiations
- Fourth proposal from the ruling OLANO party, with amendments to the existing Health Care Act and Abortion Act debated and rejected by the Slovak Parliament, by one missing vote on October 20 th 2020.
- Rhetoric of the Health Minister who does not recommend having an abortion during the crisis
Legal conditions – Missing data.
Specific conditions for minors – Missing data.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
Fertility rates – Missing data
Women age at first birth: 28 years of age (2014). (To be confirmed)
Missing data for country specific characteristics
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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/)
Abortions in the Slovak Republic 2017. Edicia Zdravotnicka Statistika
CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook)
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