SPAIN

NEW 2020 DATA

 
 
 

 

☷   ABORTION LEGISLATION

1985: abortion is allowed
2010: abortion is allowed “on request” (Law 2/2010) (3 March)
2015: Law 11/2015 (21 November).

Specific conditions due to COVID-19

  • Order from the Ministry of Health decreed that delivery of the face-to-face information to be delivered electronically during the state of alarm in Catalonia

 


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Legal conditions

  • Written consent by the woman
  • Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling) + pre-abortion confirmation consultation + pre-abortion laboratory tests
  • Mandatory 3-day period between pre-abortion consultation and abortion procedure
  • Contraception evoked during at least 1 of the medical consultations.

Specific conditions for minors

  • Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 18.

 

 

Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics 

 


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☷   PRACTICAL CONDITIONS



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☷   ABORTION STATISTICS

abort-report.eu: Abortion rates per 1,000 women in Spain
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☷   CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN HAVING INDUCED ABORTION

abort-report.eu: Distribution of induced abortions according to woman age in Spain

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☷   FERTILITY AND CONTRACEPTION DATA

abort-report.eu: Fertility rates in Spain

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☷   COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS

Women have to give written consent.

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The slides presented are freely accessible. They may be used, copied, displayed or distributed provided that their source is given

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/)
Federación de Planificación Familiar de España (FPFE) (http://www.fpfe.org/)
Ministerio de Sanidad y Bienestar Social (https://www.mscbs.gob.es/fr/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/embarazo/tablas_figuras.htm)
https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176999&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735573002
https://www.ine.es/ss/Satellite?c=INEPublicacion_C&cid=1259924856416&p=1254735110672&pagename=ProductosYServicios%2FPYSLayout&param1=PYSDetalleGratuitas&L=1
Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios sociales e igualidad
Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social (https://www.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/embarazo/home.htm#datos)

 

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