Back الإجهاض في أذربيجان Arabic Albuertu n'Azerbaixán AST Azərbaycanda abort Azerbaijani Әзербайжанда аборттар Bashkir Аборты ў Азербайджане Byelorussian Abortus u Azerbejdžanu BS Avortament a l'Azerbaidjan Catalan Interrupce v Ázerbájdžánu Czech Schwangerschaftsabbruch (Aserbaidschan) German Άμβλωση στο Αζερμπαϊτζάν Greek
Abortion in Azerbaijan is legal on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, and in specific circumstances between 12 and 28 weeks.[1][2] The current abortion law of Azerbaijan is based on the abortion law of the Soviet Union of 1955 when Azerbaijan was a Republic of the Soviet Union (as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic), and no changes were made after Azerbaijan became independent in 1991.[3] Between 1965 and 1987 the abortion rate used to be very high (between 20 and 28%).[4] Since independence, the abortion rate has almost halved and relatively stabilized after 2000 (between 12 and 14%).[4] In the 2014, 13.8% of pregnancies in Azerbaijan ended in abortion, a slight rise from the all-time low recorded in 2005 (12.1%).[4]
- ^ "ICMA - Laws on Abortion - Azerbaijan". International Consortium for Medical Abortion (ICMA).
- ^ "Azerbaijan: Abortion Law". Womenonwaves.com.
- ^ Abortion – Azerbaijan. United Nations Publications. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Historical abortion statistics, Azerbaijan". Johnstonsarchive.net. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.