The Lithuanian Health Ministry does not approve of a bill on banning abortions, saying that the number of terminated pregnancies in the country is steadily decreasing and that women will resort to illegal abortions if such a ban is imposed.
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Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.
If Lithuania introduces a ban on abortion, women will still be able to terminate pregnancy in another EU country and the procedure will have to be covered by their Lithuanian health insurance, says Healthcare Minister Juras Požela.
A group of Lithuanian parliamentarians have sent a letter to Polish Sejm Speaker Marek Kuchinski, expressing concern about the bill drafted at the Polish parliament on full abortion ban.
Nearly 60 percent of Lithuanians would object to a law banning abortions, shows a survey commissioned by DELFI.
Lithuania's Health Ministry has drafted a new bill on termination of pregnancy, which suggests allowing medication-induced abortion.
