Overview

• The national rate rose to 17.3 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49, led by 25–29 year‑olds at 29.8 per 1,000, and the IVG‑to‑births ratio reached 0.38.
• Medical methods accounted for about 80% of procedures, and 45% were performed outside health establishments, including roughly 40% in private practice.
• Community provision expanded as 1,442 midwives and 1,820 physicians (900 gynecologists and 920 general practitioners) carried out IVG in private practice, with midwives performing about half of city‑based cases.
• Geographic gaps persisted, from 12.4 per 1,000 in Pays de la Loire to 23.1 in Provence‑Alpes‑Côte d’Azur, with rates about twice as high in the overseas territories as in metropolitan France.
• Teleconsultation remained limited, with nearly 1,600 medication packs dispensed by pharmacies after remote consultations, and the 2022 extension to 14 weeks affected only about 1–3% of cases.