Abortion legislation
Legal conditions
- Pre-abortion counselling by a physician
- Specific conditions due to COVID-19: Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has granted approval that all gynaecologists can prescribe the Mifegyne® abortion pill
Specific conditions for minors
- None – A minor does not need the consent of the parents if the doctor considers her decision legitimate.
Other
- Abortion is not covered by health insurance nor social security.
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Practical conditions
Mandatory pre-abortion examinations
- None
Involved healthcare professionals
- Surgical abortion: obstetrician/gynaecologist (OB/GYN) or another physician
- Medical abortion: OB/GYN or another physician
Other
- The law stipulates that abortion is legal if done by a medical doctor, no further specification or regulation applies. However mifepristone is only dispensed to specialist in OB/Gyn or clinics/hospitals. It is not available in pharmacies.
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Abortion statistics
Overall number of induced abortions
Unfortunately we have no data for this country.Source: Gynmed Clinic, Vienna
No specific data available as abortion on demand is neither notifiable nor covered by health insurance and can be done by any doctor
Abortion ratio per 1.000 live births: ()
Source: Gynmed Clinic, Vienna
No specific data available as abortion on demand is neither notifiable nor covered by health insurance and can be done by any doctor
Abortions performed “on request”: % ()
Source: Gynmed Clinic, Vienna
The vast majority are done on request. The number of abortions for an indication is around 200/year.
Overall number of induced abortions vs. medical abortions
Unfortunately we have no data for this country.Source: Gynmed Clinic, Vienna
No specific data available as abortion on demand is neither notifiable nor covered by health insurance and can be done by any doctor
Induced abortions per gestational age (2023)
Source: Data from Gynmed Ambulanz in the Salzburg Hospital. Can be taken as representative for Austria
Place of abortion ()
Unfortunately we have no data for this country.Source: Gynmed Clinic, Vienna
No specific data available as abortion on demand is neither notifiable nor covered by health insurance and can be done by any doctor
Characteristics of women having induced abortion
In 2023, among women who had induced abortion:
- 54% had at least 1 child.
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Fertility and contraception
Women age at first birth
- 30.3 years of age (2023)
Overall contraception data
79% of women aged 15-49 used a contraceptive method (2019):
- 34% used oral contraceptive
- 10% used intra-uterine device (IUD)
- 35% used another contraception method
Pre-abortion contraception
- Percentage of women who had abortion had a contraceptive method before abortion procedure: missing data
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Country-specific characteristics
A special thanks to our correspondents for contributing in data collection.
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Page last updated: 11 December 2024