Chapter IV: Common provisions.

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…