Abortion in Romania was legal on-demand from 1957 to 1966 and has been legal on-demand since 1990, during the first 14 weeks of the pregnancy. Abortions during later stages of pregnancy are legal only for medical reasons. In the year 2004, there were 216,261 live births and 191,000 reported abortions, meaning that 46% of the 407,261 pregnancies that year ended in abortion.
Read more about Abortion In Romania: During The Communist Regime, After 1989, 2012 Legislation Change Proposal, Abortions in Romania After 1989
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“It is always the moralists who do the most harm. Abortion is the logical outcome of civilization, only the jungle gives birth and moulders away as nature decrees. Man plans.”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)