New measures on the voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) having been voted in 2022, the official site dealing with this subject has just been redesigned. Any Internet user will find reliable information on abortion as well as on unprotected sex.
New measures on abortion and redesign of the official website
On January 17, 1975, the Veil law made it possible to decriminalize abortion. Since then, voluntary termination of pregnancy has become a right for all women. Over time, new laws have been passed and have improved the management of abortion.
To know ! There are two abortion techniques: medical abortion (at home or in a healthcare establishment) and surgical abortion by aspiration (only in a public or private healthcare establishment). All adult and minor women benefit from 100% coverage by the Health Insurance of their abortion, with total exemption from advance payment.
This right was recently reinforced in 2022 by the vote of new measures on abortion:
- Extension of the legal deadline for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks of pregnancy.
- Extension of the medical abortion period from 5 to 7 weeks of pregnancy outside a health establishment.
- Medical abortion possible by teleconsultation.
- Abolition of the minimum legal reflection period for all women between the information consultation and the psychosocial interview
- Authorization for midwives to perform instrumental abortions in health establishments (within the framework defined by a forthcoming decree).
In this context, the official government website on theAbortion has just been redesigned to update its content.
Promote the dissemination of reliable information on abortion
The objective of this overhaul is multiple: to communicate on the latest advances in the right to abortion and better guide people wishing to terminate a pregnancy. But it is above all a question of fighting once morest received ideas by disseminating reliable information on the subject. The government also calls on the general public to be extremely vigilant when searching for information relating to abortion online: “Some websites may indicate that they offer information on abortion but are in fact published by activists once morest the right to abortion. The same goes for the so-called support forums where certain testimonies are fabricated from scratch by opponents of the right to abortion. »
By browsing the new official site, all Internet users will be assured of having clear and verified information on abortion. as well as unprotected sex. He will also find a directory of sexual health centers as well as a directory of affective, relational and sexual life spaces (EVARS) present throughout the national territory.
To know ! If you have any questions regarding sexuality, contraception and abortion or if you are looking for an attentive ear, a national toll-free information number is available to everyone: 0800 08 11 11 (anonymous and free call, accessible from mainland France and in the overseas departments).
Déborah L., Doctor of Pharmacy
Sources
– General information on abortion. ivg.gouv.fr. Accessed March 4, 2023.
