Termination of pregnancy, Terminations of pregnancy

In terms of the statistics of pregnancy terminations of the Federal Statistical Office:
Terminations of pregnancy are interventions carried out by medical practitioners with the aim of early termination of pregnancy (induced abortions). The federal statistics about pregnancy terminations only includes terminations carried out in the Federal Republic of Germany. A termination is considered as justified, if the intervention is carried out because of the counselling rule ("Beratungsregelung") or if there is an indication (medical, criminological).

Selected information about Termination of pregnancy:

Tables:

• Abortions [WHO Health Data]
• Pregnancy terminations, by age and place of residence
• Pregnancy terminations, e.g. by age
• Pregnancy terminations, e.g. by features of statistics of pregnancy termination

Definitions:

• Counselling rule (Beratungsregelung)
• Criminological indication
• Medical indication
• Mifegyne
• Reported terminations of pregnancy
• Vacuum aspiration

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