Applying for Pregnancy Termination
The decision to terminate a pregnancy is not an easy one, but once you have made it, there are several things that you need to know so that you can understand what you are about to go through, what your rights are, how the procedure is performed and what you need to know about the days after the termination.
According to the law, a planned termination of pregnancy (“abortion”) is performed in Israel only after having been approved by the pregnancy termination committee. Any information and documents you submit to the committee, as well as the sessions and decisions of the committee, are kept confidential.
On the Ministry of Health website, you can find answers to questions like:
- Who can apply for a termination of pregnancy?
- How can you submit the application to terminate a pregnancy?
- Are you eligible for funding of the termination of pregnancy procedure?
- Is the pregnancy termination committee required to maintain confidentiality?
- What is the process in the pregnancy termination committee?
- What are the recommended guidelines after the pregnancy has been terminated?
Important to know
Important to know
According to the law, if you are a minor (under the age of 18), you can contact the pregnancy termination committee and undergo an abortion even without approval of a parent or guardian.
Application to terminate a pregnancy (abortion)
You can find further information on the submission of an application for pregnancy termination (abortion) on the Government Services Website: who can submit an application, is the procedure included in the healthcare basket, how to submit the application and what to attach to the application.