Abortion legislation

Legislation timeline

  • 1977: abortion is allowed
  • 2005: Family Act, Article 5 (24 February)

Source: Serbian Association for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (SRH Serbia) (www.srh.rs)

Abortion conditions

Ground Gestational limit
To save a woman’s life No limit
Because foetal impairment No limit
To preserve a woman’s mental health
To preserve a woman’s physical health
For economic and social reasons
On request 10 weeks from LMP

Source: IPPF European Network - Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)

Legal conditions

  • Written consent by the woman
  • Pre-abortion consultation (legal counselling)

Specific conditions for minors

  • Parent’s (or guardian’s) consent required for minors under 16

Practical conditions

Medical abortion conditions

Place Prescription 1st drug taken 2nd drug taken
OB/GYN department of a hospital/clinic
Another physician office
Midwife office
Abortion centre/clinic
At home

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Medical abortion can be performed in hospitals and in outpatient gynecolocial centers, provided by a gynecologist. The problem is that misoprostol and mifepriston are often not available on the market, so the procedure is not often performed

Mandatory pre-abortion examinations

  • Blood group and rhesus factor (legally required)
  • Serological tests (HIV, hepatitis)
  • Tests to exclude Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Ultrasound (legally required)
  • Urinalysis
  • Cervical smear

Surgical abortion

  • Can OB/GYN perform surgical abortion? YES
  • Can another physician perform surgical abortion? NO
  • Can another healthcare professional perform surgical abortion? NO

Medical abortion

  • Can OB/GYN perform medical abortion? YES
  • Can another physician perform medical abortion? NO
  • Can another healthcare professional perform medical abortion? NO

Abortion statistics

Abortion rates per 1.000 women aged 15-49

Unfortunately we have no data for this country.

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Overall number of induced abortions

Source: https://www.batut.org.rs/download/publikacije/pub2020.pdf

Abortion ratio per 1.000 live births: (2020)

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Abortions performed “on request”: % (2020)

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Overall number of induced abortions vs. medical abortions

Source: https://www.batut.org.rs/download/publikacije/pub2020.pdf

Induced abortions per gestational age

Unfortunately we have no data for this country.

Source: https://www.batut.org.rs/download/publikacije/pub2020.pdf

Place of abortion

Unfortunately we have no data for this country.

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Characteristics of women having induced abortion

Unfortunately we have no data for this country.

Source: https://www.batut.org.rs/download/publikacije/pub2020.pdf

In 2020, among women who had induced abortion:

  • 42% had at least 1 previous induced abortion
  • 72.4% had at least 1 child.

Fertility and contraception

Fertility rates in women aged 15-49

Source: https://data.stat.gov.rs/Home/Result/180706?languageCode=en-US

Women age at first birth

  • 28 years of age (2014) (Data to be confirmed).

 

Country-specific characteristics

  • Women have to give written consent. (Data to be confirmed)
  • Abortion is free of charge in state health institutions. In private clinics, women have to pay around 190-320 € for surgical or medical abortion. (Data to be confirmed)

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Abbreviations

  • EFTA = European Free Trade Association
  • EU = European Union
  • IUD = intra-uterine device
  • LARC = long-acting reversible contraception
  • LMP = last menstruation period
  • GYN = gynaecologist
  • HCP = health care professional
  • hCG = human chorionic gonadotropin
  • HIV = human immunodeficiency virus
  • OB = obstetrician
  • Rh = Rhesus
  • US = ultrasound

References

  • IPPF European Network – Updated January 2012 (http://www.ippfen.org/)
  • Serbian Association for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (SRH Serbia) (www.srh.rs)

 

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Page last updated: 31 March 2023