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The Netherlands sees spike in teens having abortions
The Netherlands has seen an increase in abortions committed on teenage girls in the past year, more so than the past five years.
163 girls under the age of 15 had abortions in 2025.
That is 2.5 times more than the year prior.
Over the previous five years, the number varied between 50 and 100.
No conclusion has been reached as to what might be causing the increase, though in recent years, more general practitioners have been given the ability to prescribe the abortion pill.
The NL Times reported that the number of girls under the age of 15 who had abortions skyrocketed in 2025. 163 girls had abortions committed on them, which was a 2.5 times increase from 2024. In the previous five years, the Health Care and Youth Inspectorate (IGJ) said the number of abortions committed on girls under the age of 15 ranged between 50 and 100 per year.
Abortions committed on girls between the ages of 15 and 19 also rose, though less dramatically. Overall, abortions rose by 1.5%, with just under 40,000 committed in 2025.
General practitioners have also been allowed to prescribe the abortion pill in recent years, with 339 committing chemical abortions last year. 392 general practitioners completed the mandatory online additional training to dispense abortion pills, making up 3.2 percent of the total 12,246 GPs registered in the Netherlands.
It is unknown if this was a contributor to the increase in abortions among teens.
The Netherlands has moved to expand access to abortion in recent years, including introducing a bill that would remove it from the criminal code.
Currently, women can undergo an abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy in the Netherlands. After that, the law allows women to have an abortion if the preborn baby is diagnosed with a serious health condition and is suffering or is likely to suffer after birth, with no hope of improvement. Abortions must be committed by a licensed physician in a licensed clinic or hospital.
The latest bill would keep those requirements in place, but would classify abortion as health care and remove it from the criminal code. In 2023, family doctors were allowed to begin prescribing the abortion pill — the same year legislators moved to lift the mandatory five-day waiting period.
Between abortion and euthanasia, it is clear that the culture of death is thriving in The Netherlands; this has grown to include infanticide. As Live Action News reported:
In September, it was announced that a toddler had been euthanized in the Netherlands because of a severe disability.
The Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act was passed in 2002, allowing euthanasia for individuals over age 12 if they were considered to be suffering from an illness or disability with no hope of recovering.
In 2004, the law was expanded to allow infants up to age one to be euthanized if the parents and doctors agreed to it and the baby was experiencing suffering or expected to experience future suffering.
The spread of abortion and euthanasia in the Netherlands is cementing the idea that death is the best solution to suffering.
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·The Netherlands sees spike in teens having abortions
The Netherlands has seen an increase in abortions committed on teenage girls in the past year, more so than the past five years.
163 girls under the age of 15 had abortions in 2025.
That is 2.5 times more than the year prior.
Over the previous five years, the number varied between 50 and 100.
No conclusion has been reached as to what might be causing the increase, though in recent years, more general practitioners have been given the ability to prescribe the abortion pill.
The NL Times reported that the number of girls under the age of 15 who had abortions skyrocketed in 2025. 163 girls had abortions committed on them, which was a 2.5 times increase from 2024. In the previous five years, the Health Care and Youth Inspectorate (IGJ) said the number of abortions committed on girls under the age of 15 ranged between 50 and 100 per year.
Abortions committed on girls between the ages of 15 and 19 also rose, though less dramatically. Overall, abortions rose by 1.5%, with just under 40,000 committed in 2025.
General practitioners have also been allowed to prescribe the abortion pill in recent years, with 339 committing chemical abortions last year. 392 general practitioners completed the mandatory online additional training to dispense abortion pills, making up 3.2 percent of the total 12,246 GPs registered in the Netherlands.
It is unknown if this was a contributor to the increase in abortions among teens.
The Netherlands has moved to expand access to abortion in recent years, including introducing a bill that would remove it from the criminal code.
Currently, women can undergo an abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy in the Netherlands. After that, the law allows women to have an abortion if the preborn baby is diagnosed with a serious health condition and is suffering or is likely to suffer after birth, with no hope of improvement. Abortions must be committed by a licensed physician in a licensed clinic or hospital.
The latest bill would keep those requirements in place, but would classify abortion as health care and remove it from the criminal code. In 2023, family doctors were allowed to begin prescribing the abortion pill — the same year legislators moved to lift the mandatory five-day waiting period.
Between abortion and euthanasia, it is clear that the culture of death is thriving in The Netherlands; this has grown to include infanticide. As Live Action News reported:
In September, it was announced that a toddler had been euthanized in the Netherlands because of a severe disability.
The Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act was passed in 2002, allowing euthanasia for individuals over age 12 if they were considered to be suffering from an illness or disability with no hope of recovering.
In 2004, the law was expanded to allow infants up to age one to be euthanized if the parents and doctors agreed to it and the baby was experiencing suffering or expected to experience future suffering.
The spread of abortion and euthanasia in the Netherlands is cementing the idea that death is the best solution to suffering.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
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