NEW 2020 DATA
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1977: abortion is allowed (Law dated 19 May: Health Measures in Exercising Freedom of Choice in Childbearing Act [ZZUUP])
Specific conditions due to COVID-19
- Abortions treated as essential healthcare
Legal conditions
- Written consent by the woman
- Pre-abortion consultation + pre-abortion laboratory tests + post-abortion consultation
- Contraception evoked during at least 1 of the medical consultations.
Specific conditions for minors
- None.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
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.
Act on Health Measures in Exercising Freedom of Choice in Childbearing (ZZUUP) (http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO408)
United Nations publication (hhttp://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm)
“Rules on carrying out preventive health care at the primary level (Pravilnik za izvajanje preventivnega zdravstvenega varstva na primarni ravni) (http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=NAVO59)
https://podatki.nijz.si/pxweb/sl/NIJZ%20podatkovni%20portal/?px_language=sl&px_db=NIJZ+podatkovni+portal&rxid=e5244ad7-5939-421b-be8a-97cb44c7d727
https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/publikacije/letopisi/2019/2.2_porodi_in_rojstva_2019.pdf
Source for abortion price: The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia
Some data provided by our local expert Prof. Bojana Pinter
We thank Pr. Bojana PINTER for her help in data collection.
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