Table 2.
Abortion regulations during COVID-19 across 44 European countries/regions (for the countries in italic type the information was based on desk review)
| Country | Gestational limit (weeks) for non-medical indications | Mandatory waiting period | Parental consent | Home abortion (gestational age in weeks) | Number of in-person visits | Availability of telemedicine |
Access to mifepristone | Change in the likely availability of surgical abortion during COVID-19 |
| Albania | 12 | Yes | Yes | Not permitted | No information | No information | Not available | No information |
| Andorra | Ban on elective abortions | |||||||
| Austria | 16 | No | No | 9 | 2 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Belarus | 12 | No | Yes | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information |
| Belgium | 14 | Yes | No | Home misoprostol up to 9 weeks+6 days in some centres | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available in hospitals |
| Bosnia Herzegovina | No information | Yes | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | |
| Bulgaria | 12 | No | Yes | Not permitted | 0 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Croatia | 10 | Yes | Yes | Not permitted | 2 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Cyprus | 12 | No information | Yes | Not permitted | No information | No information | Not available | No information |
| Czech Republic | 7 | No | Yes | Not permitted | 2 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Denmark | 12 | No | No | 9 | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital; GP office | Unchanged |
| Estonia | 12 | No | No | 9 | No information | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Finland | 12* | No | No | 9 weeks; 10 weeks in Helsinki | 2 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| France | 14 | No | No | 9 | 0 | Yes | Clinic/hospital; GP office; pharmacy; mail order | Less available |
| Georgia | 12 | Yes | Yes | 9 | 2 | No | Clinic/hospital; pharmacy; posted | Unchanged |
| Germany | 14 | Yes | Yes | No guidelines and medical abortion rare | 3 | Only for counselling | GP office | No information |
| Hungary | 12 | Yes | Yes | Not permitted | 3 | No | No | Not available |
| Iceland | 22 | No | No | 9 | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Ireland | 12 | Yes | Yes | 9 | 2 | Yes | Clinic/hospital; GP clinic; pick up or courier | Unchanged |
| Italia | 13 | Yes | Yes | Not permitted | 3 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Latvia | 12 | Yes | Yes | Not permitted | 2 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Liechtenstein | Ban on elective abortions | |||||||
| Lithuania | 12 | No | Yes | No information | Clinic/hospital, pharmacy | No information | ||
| Luxembourg | 14 | Yes | No | 9 | 2–3 | No | Clinic/hospital; GP office | Unchanged |
| Malta | Total ban | |||||||
| Montenegro | 10 | Yes | Yes | 9 | 0 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Monaco | Ban on elective abortions | |||||||
| Poland | Ban on elective abortions | |||||||
| Netherlands | 22 | Yes | No | Not permitted | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Norway | 12 | No | Yes | 9 | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unsure |
| Portugal | 10 weeks +6 days |
No | Yes | 10 | 1 | No (only for post-abortion visit) | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Moldova | 12 | No | Yes | No information | No information | No information | Clinic/hospital | No information |
| Romania | 14 | No | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information |
| Russian Federation | 12 | Yes | No | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information |
| San Marino | Ban on elective abortions | |||||||
| Serbia | 10 | No | Yes | No information | No information | No information | Clinic/hospital | No information |
| Slovakia | 12 | Yes | No | No information | No information | No information | No information | No information |
| Slovenia | 10 | No | No | 9 | 1–2 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Spain | 14 | Yes | Yes | 9 | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital | Less available |
| Sweden | 18 † | No | No | 10 | 1 | Yes ‡ | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
| Switzerland | 12 | No | No | Mostly 7 weeks, sometimes 9 weeks | 1–3 | No | Clinic/hospital; GP office | Unsure |
| UK (England) | 24 | No | No | 9 weeks +6 days | 0 | Yes | Clinic/hospital; delivered/drop off; posted; pick up | Less available |
| UK (Wales) | 24 | No | No | 9 weeks +6 days | 0 | Yes | Clinic/hospital; delivered/drop off; posted; pick up | Less available |
| UK (Scotland) | 24 | No | No | 11 weeks +6 days | 0 | Yes | Clinic/hospital; delivered/drop off; posted; pick up | Less available |
| UK (Northern Ireland) | 11weeks+6 days and up to 24§ weeks if risk of physical injury or to mental health15 | No | No | 10 | 0 | No | Clinic/hospital | More available |
| Ukraine | 12 | Yes | Yes | Not permitted | 1 | No | Clinic/hospital | Unchanged |
*Up to 12+0 weeks with ‘approval’ from one or two physicians.
†Up to 21 weeks+6 days with approval from the Board of Health and Welfare.
‡A clinical trial in Stockholm offers abortion telemedicine services.
§Abortion is legal up to 24 weeks in Northern Ireland but currently is not available beyond the first trimester.