Abortion: legislation and statistics in Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00098892%3A_____%2F22%3A10157558" target="_blank" >RIV/00098892:_____/22:10157558 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15110/22:73616792
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13625187.2022.2057469" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13625187.2022.2057469</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13625187.2022.2057469" target="_blank" >10.1080/13625187.2022.2057469</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Abortion: legislation and statistics in Europe
Original language description
Objective: The Parliamentary Assembly invited the member states of the Council of Europe to 'guarantee women's effective exercise of their right of access to a safe and legal abortion'. While abortion legislation and statistics give an impression of the legislative, cultural, and religious views of the societies and the socio-economic health of the female population, only one study conducted in 2011 looked into the current legislation and trends in terminations of pregnancy in the European Union. Materials and Methods: From January 2017 to December 2018, a group of experts, the authors of the present article, liaised with colleagues practising in 32 European countries to collect data on abortion legislation and statistics using three different questionnaires. Results: The article presents the results of this initiative and compares the status quo and recent trends in abortion legislation and statistics across Europe. Conclusions: The European legislations are still very heterogenous and abortion rates vary widely between countries, confirming that laws do not correlate with abortion rates. This compilation of data, also available on a website (www.abort-report.eu), may help to change laws to better meet the needs of women who decided to have an abortion as a solution to the underlying problem of an unwanted pregnancy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30214 - Obstetrics and gynaecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care
ISSN
1362-5187
e-ISSN
1473-0782
Volume of the periodical
27
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
345-352
UT code for WoS article
000782748700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85129217571