Abortion legislation
Legal conditions
- Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling)
- Pre-abortion laboratory tests
- Contraception to be evoked before the woman is discharged from hospital.
Specific conditions for minors
- Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 16 or who have been declared incompetent; possibility of dispensation if special reasons make this impossible.
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Practical conditions
Mandatory pre-abortion examinations
- Blood group and rhesus factor
Involved healthcare professionals
- Surgical abortion: obstetrician/gynaecologist (OB/GYN)
- Medical abortion: OB/GYN
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Abortion statistics
Overall number of induced abortions
Source: https://www.landlaeknir.is/tolfraedi-og-rannsoknir/tolfraedi/allt-talnaefni/
Abortion ratio per 1.000 live births: 213 (2020)
Source: https://www.landlaeknir.is/tolfraedi-og-rannsoknir/tolfraedi/allt-talnaefni/
Abortions performed “on request”: % ()
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Overall number of induced abortions vs. medical abortions
Source: https://www.landlaeknir.is/tolfraedi-og-rannsoknir/tolfraedi/allt-talnaefni/
* number of medical abortions was calculated on a percentage basis of the overall number of induced abortions
Induced abortions per gestational age (2020)
Source: https://www.landlaeknir.is/tolfraedi-og-rannsoknir/tolfraedi/allt-talnaefni/
Place of abortion ()
Unfortunately we have no data for this country.Source:
Characteristics of women having induced abortion
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Fertility and contraception
Women age at first birth
- 28.6 years of age (2021)
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Country-specific characteristics
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Page last updated: 4 July 2023