Abstract
In Lithuania, the procedure for the termination of pregnancy, the majority of which is carried out according to woman’s will, is regulated by the equivocally assessed 1994 Order “On the Procedure for the Execution of a Pregnancy Termination” approved by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania. The Law on Patients’ Rights and Compensation for Damages to Health (No. XI-499) states that consent to interventions may only be given by a person who has the capacity to express his will, who has received sufficient and clear information and is given in free will. In Lithuania, unlike in other European countries, there is no systematic help to a woman who is undergoing a crisis pregnancy and who is considering the choice of abortion. Therefore, the article poses a problematic issue: does a woman seeking abortion can properly express her will, i.e. is she really informed and guided by her free will.
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