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In Azerbaijan, abortion is legally available upon request in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Following the first trimester, abortion is legal up to 28 week in certain circumstances, which include when the pregnancy causes psychological or physical harm, if there is risk of fetal malformation, or other grounds that are determined by a commission of local physicians.<ref>[https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/4756/azerbaijan--abortion-law Azerbaijan: Abortion Law]</ref> | In Azerbaijan, abortion is legally available upon request in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Following the first trimester, abortion is legal up to 28 week in certain circumstances, which include when the pregnancy causes psychological or physical harm, if there is risk of fetal malformation, or other grounds that are determined by a commission of local physicians.<ref>[https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/4756/azerbaijan--abortion-law Azerbaijan: Abortion Law]</ref> | ||
There is a problem of sex-selective abortion in Azerbaijan. Sometimes, women themselves choose to have an abortion if they know that the fetus is female, and sometimes family or community members may pressure them into having an abortion if the fetus is female. To learn more about this issue, you can read this [https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-sex-selective-abortions/28055651.html 2016 report by Radio Free Europe] and this [https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/pubs/journals/3909713.pdf 2010 study by the Guttmacher Institute]. | |||
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