Abortion legislation

Legislation timeline

  • 1951: Decriminalisation of abortion
  • 1952: Legalisation of abortion (allowed on some grounds)
  • 1977: Liberalisation of abortion (on demand)

Source: Rožman, S. (2009). The Genesis of Political Thought Regarding Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy in The Former Yugoslavia. Ars & Humanitas, 3(1-2), 301–325. https://doi.org/10.4312/ars.3.1-2.301-325

Abortion conditions

Ground Gestational limit
To save a woman’s life Not specified
Because foetal impairment Not specified
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: Act on Health Measures in Exercising Freedom of Choice in Childbearing (ZZUUP) (http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO408)

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

Medical abortion conditions

Place Prescription 1st drug taken 2nd drug taken
OB/GYN department of a hospital/clinic Yes Yes Yes
Another physician office Yes Yes Yes
Midwife office No No No
Abortion centre/clinic
At home No Yes Yes

Source: Provided by our local expert Prof. Bojana Pinter

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

Abortion rates per 1.000 women aged 15-49

Source: https://podatki.nijz.si/pxweb/sl/NIJZ%20podatkovni%20portal/?px_language=sl&px_db=NIJZ+podatkovni+portal&rxid=e5244ad7-5939-421b-be8a-97cb44c7d727

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

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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.

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Characteristics of women having induced abortion

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

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

Fertility rates in women aged 15-49

Source: https://podatki.nijz.si/pxweb/sl/NIJZ%20podatkovni%20portal/?px_language=sl&px_db=NIJZ+podatkovni+portal&rxid=e5244ad7-5939-421b-be8a-97cb44c7d727

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

  • Women have to give written consent.
  • Abortion is taught during health care professionals’ (HCPs’) medical studies.
  • Physicians have the right to conscientiously object, except in case of medical emergency (new law on Provision of Health Care of 1992 and revision of the Code of Medical Ethics). About 3% of them counscientiously objected in 2015.
  • Both surgical and medical abortions are free of charge for insured resident women and for insured (Health national social security) non-resident women. Resident and non-resident women who are not insured have to pay 150 € for medical abortion and 400 € for surgical abortion.

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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

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