Central Bureau of Statistics data show 99.5% of requests to terminate pregnancy approved in 2021; 50.1% of applications made by married women, 6.8% by women under 19
Nina Fox
Jan 17, 2023
Requests for abortions in Israel have reached a record high in 2021, says a new Central Bureau of Statistics report published Tuesday.
According to the report, the Health Ministry's pregnancy termination committee had received 16,591 requests to terminate pregnancies, meaning 7.7 out of every 1,000 Israeli women between the ages 15-49 had sought an abortion throughout the year, same as in 2020.
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