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Abortion in Portugal

Results of the Portuguese abortion referendum, 2007 by district (Islands shown).

Abortion laws in Portugal were liberalized on April 10, 2007, allowing an elective abortion to be provided if a woman's pregnancy has not exceeded its tenth week.[1] There is a three-day waiting period for abortions.[2] President Aníbal Cavaco Silva ratified the law allowing abortion, recommending nevertheless that measures should be taken to ensure abortion is the last resort.[3] Despite the liberalization of the laws, as of a 2011 survey, many doctors were refusing to perform abortions – which they are allowed to do under a conscientious objection clause.[4] Abortions at later stages are allowed for specific reasons, such as risk to woman's health reasons, rape and other sexual crimes, or fetal malformation; with restrictions increasing gradually at 12, 16, and 24 weeks.[5]

  1. ^ "RTE News: Portugal president approves new abortion law". Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  2. ^ "USA Today: Portugal president OKs abortion law". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "Portuguese abortion law in force". 10 April 2007. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. ^ "In Portugal, abortion legal but many doctors refuse to perform them". WBEZ. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Abortion legislation in Europe" (PDF). IPPF European Network. January 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

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