The ruling by a majority of judges in the United States’ Supreme Court to overturn the right to a legal abortion across the entire country has also sent shockwaves through Europe.In our programme we examine abortion rights around the EU and look at how the situation might evolve.
In the European Union, abortion is currently available without conditions in 24 of the 27 member states. In Finland, a list of conditions applies, while in Poland abortion is only permitted in cases of rape – which the woman must ‘prove’ – or the woman’s life being in danger. In Malta, abortion is illegal in all circumstances, though in reality the proportion of Maltese women who do terminate pregnancies each year matches the EU average.
