Abstract
West Germany has the lowest birthrate in the world. The rate of abortions per 1000 women between the ages of 15 and 45 in 1978 was 5.6. Many women in Germany, however, go to the Netherlands to take advantage of the more liberal abortion laws. When the abortions performed on Germans in the Netherlands are considered, German states bordering on the Netherlands, which show the lowest growth in abortion rates (Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz) in Germany actually show the highest growth in abortion rates, and the overall abortion rate for Germany was found to be 9.0/1000 women between 15 and 45 in 1978. The German city-states of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen show the highest abortion rates overall. Most of the abortions performed in Germany are performed between the 10th and 11 week of pregnancy, in the Netherlands between the 6th and 8th week of pregnancy.
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