Abortion legislation
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.
Practical conditions
Mandatory pre-abortion examinations
- Blood group, rhesus factor, and clinical exam (not specified in the law)
Involved healthcare professionals
- Surgical abortion: not specified in the law
- Medical abortion: not specified in the law
Abortion statistics
Overall number of induced abortions
Source:
Abortion ratio per 1.000 live births: 159 (2020)
Source: Provided by our local expert Prof. Bojana Pinter
Abortions performed “on request”: 90% (2020)
Source: Provided by our local expert Prof. Bojana Pinter
Overall number of induced abortions vs. medical abortions
Source:
Induced abortions per gestational age
Unfortunately we have no data for this country.Source: https://podatki.nijz.si/pxweb/sl/NIJZ%20podatkovni%20portal/?px_language=sl&px_db=NIJZ+podatkovni+portal&rxid=e5244ad7-5939-421b-be8a-97cb44c7d727
Place of abortion
Unfortunately we have no data for this country.Source:
Characteristics of women having induced abortion
In 2020, among women who had induced abortion:
- 91.1% lived in Slovenia
- 15.6% had at least 1 previous induced abortion
- 68% had at least 1 child.
Fertility and contraception
Women age at first birth
- 29,6 years of age (2019).
Overall contraception data
- 69% of women aged 15-49 used a contraceptive method (2014):
- 24% used oral contraceptive
- 9% used intra-uterine device (IUD).
Pre-abortion contraception
- In 2020, 31% of women who had abortion had a contraceptive method before abortion procedure.
Country-specific characteristics
A special thanks to our correspondents for contributing in data collection.
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Page last updated: 31 March 2023