7 April 2022 Number of abortions down by 5.4% in 2021

Approximately 94,600 cases of abortions were reported in Germany in 2021, which was a decrease of 5.4% compared with the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions declined by just 0.9% in 2020, the first year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. No obvious cause for the stronger decrease in 2021 can be identified from the data available.

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