Overview
- The report surveying roughly 40 countries finds at least 12 with mandatory waiting periods and 13 with compulsory counselling requirements.
- Access is constrained by costs when abortion is not reimbursed, with examples including Germany, Austria and Bulgaria.
- High rates of conscientious objection by clinicians in Italy, Croatia and Romania limit the availability of care.
- National rules add hurdles, including Hungary’s compelled fetal‑heartbeat listening and Turkey’s spousal‑consent requirement for married women within a 10‑week limit.
- Amnesty documents aggressive protests outside clinics in Poland and Austria and attacks on facilities in France and Germany, and it urges decriminalization and the removal of unjustified barriers.