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abortion in finland wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 legal framework 2 history 3 see also 4 references toggle the table of contents abortion in finland 7 languages العربية فارسی suomi français polski русский українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia abortion is legal and free of charge upon request in finland in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy since 1 september 2023 between 1960 and 2023 abortion was widely accessible in practice for a variety of reasons including socioeconomic factors but nevertheless the law required the pregnant woman to state her motivations and get approval from one or two doctors by international standards political controversy in finland regarding abortion has been mild and incidence is low abortions in finland have been decreasing since the 1960s in 2021 around 7 600 abortions were performed 1 legal framework edit on 26 october 2022 the finnish parliament voted by 125 41 to reform the 1970 abortion law the reform was initiated by a citizens initiative which collected the required 50 000 signatures in 2020 for the issue to be dealt with by lawmakers the law was modified so that abortion is available upon request with no restrictions up until the end of the 12th week of pregnancy after the gestational limit of the first 12 weeks the bill allows pregnancy to be terminated at the pregnant woman s request if continuing the pregnancy or giving birth would endanger her health or life for example because of illness or disability 2 the president of the republic signed the bill into law on 20 december 2022 the law was officially published on 28 december 2022 and went into effect from 1 september 2023 3 prior to this abortion laws in finland were among the strictest in the european union 4 approval for an abortion required signatures by one or two physicians depending on the specifics of the patient s case and in some cases additional permission from the national supervisory authority for welfare and health valvira 5 additionally if a woman was impregnated as a result of rape it could not be used as the reason for abortion if charges had not been prosecuted against the alleged rapist therefore officially abortion was not legal upon request though in reality any pregnant woman got an abortion if it was requested before the 12th week of pregnancy as the grounds for abortion were numerous 6 7 8 history edit percentage of conceptions aborted in finland in finland abortion was illegal until 1950 when the parliament of finland legalized abortions to preserve the physical or mental health of the woman if the woman was under 16 if the fetus might be deformed or if the woman had been raped 9 under pressure from the women s liberation movement and supportive editorials from most national newspapers finnish law was further liberalized in 1970 10 the 1970 law allowed abortion up to 16 weeks of pregnancy for broad socio economic reasons if the woman was younger than 17 if the woman was older than 40 if the woman had already had four children or if at least one parent would be unable to raise the child owing to disease or mental disturbance 11 the time limit was lowered from 16 to 12 weeks in 1979 12 the 1970 law also allowed abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy in the event of fetal deformity or a physical threat to the woman s health a 1985 bill allowed abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy for under aged girls and up to the 24th week if an amniocentesis or ultrasound found serious impairment in the fetus in 2008 there were 10 423 abortions in finland there has been a gradual decrease in abortions over time largely attributable to a decrease in the under 20 age group 13 as of 2010 update the abortion rate was 10 4 abortions per 1000 women aged 15 44 years 14 abortions are provided free of charge in public hospitals it is illegal to perform abortions in private clinics though doctors are empowered to provide abortions outside of hospitals in emergency circumstances illegal abortions remain very rare because due to the generality of the conditions specified in the law in practice a woman can get an abortion under almost any circumstance 15 political controversy since the 1970 law has been mild members of parliament from rightist parties notably the finns party periodically make statements decrying abortion as immoral still there has been no focused political campaign to significantly restrict abortion since legalization citation needed in 2020 a citizens initiative led by the feminist association with the aim of updating the law and allowing elective abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy gathered over 50 000 signatures the necessary threshold to compel the parliament to consider the proposal 16 parliament approved the proposal in 2022 2 see also edit abortion debate abortion law religion and abortion category abortion by country references edit raskaudenkeskeytystilastot thl terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos in finnish retrieved 2022 10 26 1 2 finland s parliament approves reform to strict abortion laws euronews 2022 10 26 retrieved 2022 10 26 lag om avbrytande av havandeskap in swedish termination of pregnancy act finlex in swedish 2022 12 28 retrieved 2023 01 04 maailmalla kiristetään aborttilakeja jos nämä asiat tapahtuisivat saattaisi raskauden keskeytys hankaloitua suomessakin yle uutiset in finnish 2022 06 07 retrieved 2022 10 26 raskauden keskeytykset joihin valviran lupaa ei tarvita valvira archived from the original on 2021 01 20 retrieved 2016 01 11 in finnish raskauden keskeyttäminen valvira archived from the original on 2015 05 28 abortion archived from the original on 2018 07 13 retrieved 2016 01 11 pirkko niemelä 1988 finland pg 152 69 in international handbook on abortion ed paul sachdev new york greenwood press helga suutarinen 1972 vuoden 1970 aborttilaki sanomalehtien pääkirjoitukissa the 1970 abortion law in newspaper editorials m s thesis in social politics university of helsinki pirkko niemelä 1988 finland pg 152 69 in international handbook on abortion ed paul sachdev new york greenwood press in finnish finnish medical society duodecim raskaudenkeskeytys august 20 2001 retrieved june 14 2007 in finnish terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos raskaudenkeskeytykset archived from the original on 2010 04 27 retrieved 2010 03 22 november 23 2009 raskaudenkeskeytykset retrieved march 22 2010 world abortion policies 2013 united nations 2013 retrieved 3 march 2014 europe s abortion laws february 12 2007 bbc news retrieved june 14 2007 wide support for abortion law reform in finland euractiv 20 october 2020 retrieved 25 june 2021 v t e abortion in europe sovereign states albania andorra armenia austria azerbaijan belarus belgium bosnia and herzegovina bulgaria croatia cyprus czech republic denmark estonia finland france georgia germany greece hungary iceland ireland italy kazakhstan latvia liechtenstein lithuania luxembourg malta moldova monaco montenegro netherlands north macedonia norway poland portugal romania russia san marino serbia slovakia slovenia spain sweden switzerland turkey ukraine united kingdom england northern ireland scotland wales vatican city states with limited recognition abkhazia kosovo northern cyprus south ossetia transnistria v t e abortion main topics definitions history 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