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As of March 1, the access to reproductive services will worsen

In 2020, the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic started the process of novelization of the Decree No. 74/1986 Coll. implementing Act No. 73/1986 Coll. on Abortions, as amended. The ministry aimed at exempting the age of 40 years + from the List of Illnesses, Syndromes, and Conditions that are health indications for abortion.

According to the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, the reason for exemption of the age 40 years + was significant medical progress and introduction of new technologies, devices, diagnostics and therapeutical methods that can diagnose damages in fetus with high accuracy.