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Article R2212-13 of the French Public Health Code

The doctor or midwife will inform the woman in writing of the protocol to be followed for the voluntary interruption of pregnancy by medication. The woman is invited to be accompanied by the person of her choice, particularly during consultations when the medication is administered.

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Article R2212-14-1 of the French Public Health Code

The doctor or midwife will deliver to the woman the medicines required to carry out the voluntary interruption of pregnancy. By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph, in the context of a teleconsultation referred to in 1° of article R. 6316-1, the medicines required for the voluntary termination of pregnancy are prescribed by the doctor or midwife and dispensed by a dispensing chemist. The doctor or…

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Article R2212-15 of the French Public Health Code

The doctor or midwife will give the woman a written document indicating the precise address and telephone number of the relevant department of the health establishment that has signed the agreement. The doctor or midwife will inform her that she may be admitted to this facility at any time. The woman is also given a liaison sheet, drawn up jointly with the health facility that has signed the agreement, containing…

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Article R2212-16 of the French Public Health Code

Only doctors, midwives, family planning or education centres and health centres that have signed the agreement referred to in article R. 2212-9 may obtain the medicines required to carry out a voluntary interruption of pregnancy by medication or by an instrumental method. In order to obtain the medicines required to carry out this voluntary interruption of pregnancy, an order for professional use is placed with a dispensing pharmacy. This order,…

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Article R2212-18 of the French Public Health Code

A consultation to monitor and verify the termination of the pregnancy: 1° Is carried out at least fourteen days and at most twenty-one days following the voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication; 2° Is carried out, if the patient so requests, at least fourteen days and at most twenty-one days following the voluntary termination of pregnancy by instrumental means.

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Article R2212-19 of the French Public Health Code

For the application in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of the provisions of articles R. 2212-9 to R. 2212-18, the words: “health establishment” and “health establishment satisfying the provisions of article L. 2322-1” are replaced by the words: “the territorial public health establishment of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon”.

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Article R2213-1 of the French Public Health Code

When a pregnant woman is considering terminating her pregnancy on the grounds that continuing the pregnancy would seriously endanger her health, she shall make her request to a doctor holding a specialised diploma in gynaecology-obstetrics or an equivalent diploma, working in a public or private health establishment meeting the conditions of article L. 2322-1.

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Article R2213-3 of the French Public Health Code

The multidisciplinary team provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 2213-1 comprises at least: 1° A doctor holding a diploma of specialised studies in gynaecology-obstetrics or an equivalent diploma, who is a member of a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre ; 2° A doctor chosen by the woman; 3° A social worker or psychologist; 4° One or more practitioners specialising in the condition from which the woman suffers. Minutes…

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