Number of abortions by length of gestation in France

This statistic represents the number of voluntary terminations of pregnancy in France in 2012, by length of gestation. In 2012, more than 35,000 abortions took place during the sixth week of gestation.

Number of voluntary terminations of pregnancy in France in 2012, by length of gestation*

Characteristic	Number of abortions
4 weeks	2,232
5 weeks	14,742
6 weeks	35,249
7 weeks	29,636
8 weeks	22,197
9 weeks	16,985
10 weeks	13,330
11 weeks	8,712
12 weeks	6,178
13 weeks	4,994
14 weeks	1,342
15 weeks and more **	1,011

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Release date

2015

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France

Survey time period

2012

Special properties

mainland France

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information: "Pregnancy duration in weeks of amenorrhea. To obtain the length of time since conception, two weeks must be subtracted. "The source adds the following information: "The law of 4 July 2001 on contraception and abortion increases the time to carry out an abortion to 14 weeks of amenorrhea."

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