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'''Important Note:''' There are two main types of abortions: medical (also known as the "abortion pill") and surgical (also known as "in-clinic"). For medical abortions, you take a pill to induce abortion. For surgical abortions, a procedure is performed to induce abortion. For general information about medical and surgical abortions, click [https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion here]. | '''Important Note:''' There are two main types of abortions: medical (also known as the "abortion pill") and surgical (also known as "in-clinic"). For medical abortions, you take a pill to induce abortion. For surgical abortions, a procedure is performed to induce abortion. For general information about medical and surgical abortions, click [https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion here]. | ||
The Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial (Planned Parenthood) with the help of the government is running a national phone number : '''0800 08 11 11'''. The call is free and anonymous and counselors will answer you about abortion procedures, your questions and will provide you with address of healthcare facilities they know are good abortion providers. <ref>[http://www.ivg.social-sante.gouv.fr/aide-avortement-numero-vert-sexualites-contraception-ivg.html]</ref> | |||
PLEASE BE CAREFUL : Several french websites which look officials and offer a counseling phone number are run by anti-choice organization. They will give women fake information and try their best to scare the women so they don't abort. They might also call you back on your phone or your parents to talk to you again. A few of them : ivg.net, ecouteivg.org, avortementivg.com.. <ref> [http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2013/02/25/les-anti-ivg-pratiquent-la-desinformation-sur-le-web_1838677_823448.html] </ref> | |||
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As detailed in a UN Report, "The most recent development in French abortion law was occasioned by the activities of a small number of anti-abortion protesters. In the early 1990s, they began a campaign of harassment of clinics where abortions were performed and of persons performing abortions. They blockaded and invaded a number of hospitals and tried to discourage individual physicians from performing abortions. To respond to such attacks, the Government in late 1992 enacted legislation establishing new criminal penalties in the Penal Code to combat disruptive activities. Under these provisions, persons who prevent or attempt to prevent a voluntary termination of pregnancy by disrupting access to or the free movement of persons into and out of clinics or hospitals by threatening or engaging in any act of intimidation against medical and non-medical personnel are subject to fines and imprisonment ("Délit d'entrave à l'IVG" / illegal interference to abortion). The provisions also apply to acts directed towards abortion counselling and requests for abortion and allow organizations established to protect the right to contraception and abortion to join as a party in suits brought against such obstruction."<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Profiles: France]</ref> Since 2016, the law against illegal interference ("Délit d'entrave à l'IVG") was extended to wesbites which appears to be run by healthcare facilities or government but give fake information to women and try to prevent them to access abortion service. <ref> [http://www.planning-familial.org/actualites/ivg-lextension-du-delit-dentrave-adoptee-au-senat-en-version-modifiee-0028955] </ref | As detailed in a UN Report, "The most recent development in French abortion law was occasioned by the activities of a small number of anti-abortion protesters. In the early 1990s, they began a campaign of harassment of clinics where abortions were performed and of persons performing abortions. They blockaded and invaded a number of hospitals and tried to discourage individual physicians from performing abortions. To respond to such attacks, the Government in late 1992 enacted legislation establishing new criminal penalties in the Penal Code to combat disruptive activities. Under these provisions, persons who prevent or attempt to prevent a voluntary termination of pregnancy by disrupting access to or the free movement of persons into and out of clinics or hospitals by threatening or engaging in any act of intimidation against medical and non-medical personnel are subject to fines and imprisonment ("Délit d'entrave à l'IVG" / illegal interference to abortion). The provisions also apply to acts directed towards abortion counselling and requests for abortion and allow organizations established to protect the right to contraception and abortion to join as a party in suits brought against such obstruction."<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Profiles: France]</ref> Since 2016, the law against illegal interference ("Délit d'entrave à l'IVG") was extended to wesbites which appears to be run by healthcare facilities or government but give fake information to women and try to prevent them to access abortion service. <ref> [http://www.planning-familial.org/actualites/ivg-lextension-du-delit-dentrave-adoptee-au-senat-en-version-modifiee-0028955] </ref> | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:68--> | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:68--> | ||
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If you are seeking an abortion in France, you should first visit a physician, a gynecologist or a midwife. | If you are seeking an abortion in France, you should first visit a physician, a gynecologist or a midwife. Some Planning Familial (Planned Parenthood) facilities offer medical appointments and abortion services : the list is [http://www.planning-familial.org/carte/metropole here]. | ||
In order to obtain an abortion, women have to make two appointments. If the woman is a non-emanciped minor (under 18), the consent of the parent is not required : she can have a abortion without her parents or legal represent knowing about it. The minor will, however, have to come with a person above 18 to the appointments (who can be a friend, other member of family or even a volunteer from Planning Familial/Planned Parenthood).<ref>[http://worldabortionlaws.com/map/ World Abortion Laws: France]</ref> <ref> [http://www.ivg.social-sante.gouv.fr/pour-les-mineures.html]</ref> | In order to obtain an abortion, women have to make two appointments. If the woman is a non-emanciped minor (under 18), the consent of the parent is not required : she can have a abortion without her parents or legal represent knowing about it. The minor will, however, have to come with a person above 18 to the appointments (who can be a friend, other member of family or even a volunteer from Planning Familial/Planned Parenthood).<ref>[http://worldabortionlaws.com/map/ World Abortion Laws: France]</ref> <ref> [http://www.ivg.social-sante.gouv.fr/pour-les-mineures.html]</ref> | ||