Most Slovaks don't want strict conditions for abortion

The majority of people in Slovakia do not want stricter abortion rules as indicated by various opinion polls over a long period of time, writes the DenníkN daily. In Slovakia, 44 per cent of people think abortion should be legal in all cases, another 35 per cent think it should be legal in most cases (79 per cent in total). Only nine per cent of people think abortion should be completely illegal, while another 13 per cent think it should be illegal in most cases (22 per cent in total).

This was asked as part of a large-scale survey conducted by the EU-funded Reviv EU project in Slovakia by the Bratislava Policy Institute (BPI) and the STEM agency. The data collection took place between 5 and 16 February this year and 1019 respondents completed the questionnaires.

Of the Visegrad four countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland), only the Poles are more in favour of a ban on abortion. Currently in Slovakia, abortions are legal up to the 12th week of pregnancy at the request of the woman, regardless of the reason, and are performed as a standard medical procedure. In relation to the survey questions, it is therefore true that abortion is legal in Slovakia in the majority of cases.

For the past few years, Slovak conservative MPs have been trying to reduce the accessibility of abortions every 6 months, which is the minimum time after which the Parliament can vote on the same topic again.

Source: DenníkN