Article L2213-5 of the French Public Health Code
November 7, 2023
The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
The costs incurred in monitoring the application of the provisions of Chapters II and III of this Title shall be borne by the State.
Under no circumstances should voluntary interruption of pregnancy be used as a means of birth control. To this end, the Government shall take all necessary measures to develop the widest possible information on birth control, in particular by the widespread creation, in maternal and child planning centres, of family planning or education centres and by the use of all information media. Initial and continuing training for doctors, midwives and nurses…
Each year, when the Finance Bill is discussed, the Minister for Health publishes a report on demographic developments in the country and on the application of the provisions of this Title. This report shall include a discussion of the socio-demographic aspects of termination of pregnancy. The Institut national d’études démographiques analyses and publishes, in conjunction with the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, data relating to…
As stated in article 223-10 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: “Termination of pregnancy without the consent of the person concerned is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. “
Termination of another person’s pregnancy is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a €30,000 fine if it is knowingly carried out in one of the following circumstances: 1° After the expiry of the period within which it is authorised by law, unless it is carried out for a medical reason ; 2° By a person who is not a doctor or midwife; 3° In a place other than a public…
Termination of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis without having followed the procedures laid down by law is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a €30,000 fine.
Providing a woman with the material means to terminate her own pregnancy is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €45,000. These penalties are increased to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros if the offence is committed on a regular basis. Under no circumstances may the woman be considered an accomplice to this act. Prescribing or dispensing authorised medication with the aim of inducing a…
Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the acts, and whose statutory purpose includes defending the rights of women to access contraception and termination of pregnancy, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in article L. 2223-2 when the acts were committed with a view to preventing or attempting to prevent a voluntary…
It is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to prevent or attempt to prevent anyone from carrying out or obtaining information about a voluntary interruption of pregnancy or the prior procedures provided for by articles L. 2212-3 to L. 2212-8 by any means, including electronically or online, in particular by disseminating or transmitting allegations or information likely to intentionally mislead, with a view to dissuading,…
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