Abortions in Montenegro
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Abortions in Montenegro
Selective abortions are prohibited because of the female fetus ........
Montenegrin media have published. Illegal abortion is a criminal offense under the laws of Montenegro. Also, the law states that a woman can make a decision about an abortion only until the 10th week of pregnancy. Starting with the tenth week, a woman can receive approval for abortion only after a special commission. After the 12th week of pregnancy, a woman can receive approval for abortion only if there is medical evidence for this, medical reasons that threaten the health of the child and women.
From the Institute of Public Health of Citizens report that in Montenegro in 2014, 957 abortions were made, where 65.93% are intentional, 43.07% are spontaneous abortions. All abortions made, both in public medical institutions and in private ones, must be recorded by law, that is, be legal and conducted in accordance with the law.
In 2014, 44 abortions were performed for girls under the age of 20 years. According to the gynecologist Aida Šahmanović of the Montenegrin Clinical Center, in 3014, 301 women were deliberately aborted, and in the first half of 2015, 159. The youngest girl was 17 years old. According to official data, women aged 30 to 39 years most often make abortions, followed by women aged 20 to 29 years, and then women aged 40 and over. Girls who have not reached adulthood can only do abortion with the written permission of their parents.
According to the law, the sex (F or M) of the fetus in the womb of a woman who has not reached the age of 10 weeks can be found only if there is a risk in hereditary diseases. The head of the medical institution in Podgorica, Milovan Jovanović, says that, unfortunately, it still happens that women resort to abortion because of the fact that the female is female. Also, according to him, the number of abortions among women who have not yet given birth has increased.
According to data from April 2015: 110 men in relation to 100 women. According to obstetrician gynecologist Dr Dušan M. Protić from Belgrade, selective abortions are by no means a mass phenomenon in the Balkans, but they are present in Montenegro and Kosovo.
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