Copy - Abortion in Germany

Abortion in Germany

rights and implementation

Student: Sarah Ehret Class: Fos 20a

index

legal position

definition

history

costs

special cases

illegal abortion

removal of pragraph 219

advertising ban

methods

discussion

sources

conclusion

definition

• is the medical process of ending a pregnancy, so it does not result in the birth of a baby
• embryo or fetus intentionally survives the procedure, usually not

history

1794-1990

• general prussian land law
• introduced by friedrich william II
• §10 & §11

1900

• increasing attacks on criminal liability and thereby promoting the liberalization of abortion
• justified with the biogenetic basic law

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from 1935

• were legalized in order to strengthen the biologically strong race

1943

• only allowed for non-germans
• forced abortions in occupied areas

1950

• refutation of the basic biogenitic law
• the devolpment of an unborn child is human from the start
• abortion is a punishable offence
• before and after birth children are legally protected

1974

• time limit solution
• allowed up to 12th week of pregnancy

1976

• time limit solution is declared unconstitutional
• introducion the indication model

-> generally prohibited , but not punishable under certain conditions

1993

• indication model declared unconstitutional
• §218 StGB

2019

• Bundestag approves ban on advertising
• §219a StGB

legal position

• must be performed within in the first 12 weeks (exception 22nd week)
• person must seek advice

-> consultation 3 days before

• tolerated without penalty if certain criteria are met
• sole decision of the women
• by a licenced doctor
• unavoidable danger
• unlawful act

• § 218 StGB - abortion is generally illegal
• on the basis of the so-called advice regulation, under certain conditions exempt from punishment

• not lawful on the basis of a medical or a criminological indication

"my belly belongs to me" "my body, my choice"

illegal abortion

• § 218 StGB
• person takes the abortion in her own hands

• who terminates a pregnancy - imprisonment of 3 years or a fine in
• particulary seriouscases - imprisonment of 6 months or 5 years
• person aborts herself - up to one year or fine

special cases

by disability

• is diagnosed, abortion is not a crime
• no limit
• doctor makes decision when person can be harmed
• legal consultation - 3 days

late abortion

• medical indication or unborn is diagnosed with disability
• negative impact of persons well-being

costs

• 350-600 €
• person have to pay for it
• abortian pill is the cheapest method

methods

• curretage
• abortian pill
• vacuum aspiration

• late abortions

-> Caesarean -> potassium chloride method -> prostaglandin method

advertising ban

• § 219 StGB
• purpose of this regulation is to prevent abortion from being presented as something normal in public and being commercialized by doctor advertising
• protects unborn life as a legal interest

removal of § 219 StGB

• the cabinet of the federal republic decides to lift the advertising ban for abortions
• 9th march 2022
• information about abortions are no longer punishable
• everyone can then find out directly from their doctor online which methods of abortion are possible and which deadlines and regulations must be observed.

conclusion

sources

• https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/abtreibungsparagraf-200096
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwangerschaftsabbruch
• https://www.profamilia.de/fileadmin/publikationen/Fachpublikationen/Schwangerschaftsabbruch/Hintergrund-Schwangerschaftsabbruch.pdf
• https://www.schreiben10.com/referate/Biologie/1/ABTREIBUNG---referat-biologie-reon.php
• https://www.abipur.de/referate/stat/641912125.html
• https://www.netdoktor.de/schwangerschaft/abtreibung/
• https://www.glamour.de/artikel/219a-stgb-wird-abgeschafft
• https://www.swp.de/panorama/219a-koalitionsvertrag-schwangerschaft-schwangerschaftsabbruch-spd-gruene-fdp-ampel-parteien-koalition-61071793.html
• https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/werbeverbot-paragraf-zweihundertneunzehn-a-abschaffung-100.html
• https://www.webmd.com/women/abortion-procedures
• https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/abortion#what
• https://www.swp.de/panorama/219a-koalitionsvertrag-schwangerschaft-schwangerschaftsabbruch-spd-gruene-fdp-ampel-parteien-koalition-61071793.html
• https://www.glamour.de/artikel/219a-stgb-wird-abgeschafft
• https://prezi.com/p/dv7ssv5qdp-x/schwangerschaftsabbruch/

• https://www.eleniaberetta.com/EDITORIAL/Der-Freitag
• https://pixabay.com/de/
• https://www.healthline.com/health/abortion-home-remedy
• https://www.t-online.de/gesundheit/schwangerschaft/id_78404782/schwangerschaftskalender-13-ssw.html
• https://res.cloudinary.com/tne/image/authenticated/s--38sOxNKy--/q_80/artworks/JOHANN-JACOB-DE-LOSE_FRIEDRICH-WILHELM-II-VON-PREUSSEN_CC-BY-SA_BSTGS_3224.jpg
• https://www.ngg.net/alle-meldungen/meldungen-2018/breites-buendnis-fuer-aufhebung-von-219-a/
• https://www.doctolib.de
• https://lakenormancpc.org/abortion-costs-in-north-carolina/
• https://www.profemina.org/de-de/abtreibung/abtreibungspille-mifegyne
• https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kommentare/kommentar-das-bundeskabinett-verheisst-einen-spannenden-neuanfang/27866748.html
• https://innocenceproject.org/power-teaching-race-wrongful-conviction-women-prison/
• https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/polen-abtreibungsurteil-gericht-101.html
• https://www.sn.at/snin/podcast/die-gefragte-frau-40-abtreibung-teil-2-wir-hinken-in-oesterreich-ziemlich-hinterher-93228880

thanks for your attention

any questions?

discussion

How would you position yourself to this statements? Should a person (the mother) stand above the unborn child? Would you say abortion would be heteronomy or self-determination? Should the state protect women in the first case?

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