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Abortion Laws in Cyprus
| Law, Regulations | Law No. 186, 1986. |
|---|---|
| Indications | Life, physical or mental health, fetal impairment, rape, socio-economic reasons. |
| Time limit | Not specified. |
| Providers | Medical practitioner. |
| Location of Services | Not specified. |
CYPRUS. Penal Code.
167. Any person who, with intent to procure miscarriage of a woman, whether she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to her or causes her to take any poison or other noxious thing, or uses any force of any kind, or uses any other means whatever is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
168. Any person who, with intent to procure her own miscarriage, whether she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to herself any poison or other noxious thing, or uses any force of any kind, or uses any other means whatever, or permits any such thing or means to be administered or used to her, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
169. Any person who unlawfully supplies to or procures for any person anything whatever, knowing that it is intended to be unlawfully used to procure the miscarriage of a woman, whether she is or is not with child, is guiilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for three years.
169A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 167, 168, and 169, a person shall not be guilty of the offences provided thereunder when the pregnancy is terminated by a medical practitioner registered in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Registration Law:
(a) following a certification by the competent police authority, confirmed by medical certification whenever this is possible that the pregnancy has been brought about by rape and under circumstances which, if the pregnancy were not terminated, would seriously jeopardize the social status of the pregnant woman or that of her family;
(b) on the basis of the opinion of two medical practitioners, registered in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Registration Law, to the effect that they consider, in good faith, that the continuation of the pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman, or that physical, mental, or psychological injury would be suffered by her or by any existing child she may have, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, or that there is a substantial risk that, if the child were born, it would suffer from such serious physical or psychological abnormalities that it would be seriously incapacitated.