Abortion in the Czech Republic

Those performed for medical indications are covered by public health insurance, but otherwise, abortion is relatively affordable in the Czech Republic.

In Czech, induced abortion is referred to as interrupce or umělé přerušení těhotenství, often colloquially potrat ("miscarriage").

In 1957, abortions were legalized in Czechoslovakia, although with restrictions that depended on the current policy of the government.

Reasons for this decrease have included the wider availability of contraception and better sex education.

[5][6] Abortion rates in large industrial cities are generally higher compared to small towns and the countryside.