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Illegal Abortion in Israel*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Paul E. Slater ,
David Weiner  and
A. Michael Davies
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Israel Law Review , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 411 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1978

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5 Ibid., at 476.

6 Ibid., at 476–7.

7 Penal Law Amendment (Interruption of Pregnancy) 1977, (1977) S. H. No. 842Google Scholar. See Falk, Z., “The New Abortion Law of Israel” (1978) 1 Is.L.R. 103Google Scholar. An English translation of the Law is appended to this note.

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11 Ten of the 331 women (3%) granted permsision for abortion did not have abortions. These consisted of two with psychiatric diagnoses, five with medical illness, two who had had rubella and one who had been exposed to X-rays during her pregnancy.

12 R. Bachi, at 275.

13 (1977) 77 Divrei Haknesset 1231, 1258.

14 Tietze, C., “Two Years' Experience with a Liberal Abortion Law: Its Impact on Fertility Trends in New York City” (1973) 5 Family Planning Perspectives 36–41 at 37–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed