New regulation of abortion paragraph 218 comes into force, 50th anniversary on 22 June

Jun 22, 2026

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Bavaria, Germany - October 11, 2025: PHOTO ASSEMBLY, A judge holds a small board with the inscription: Âß218, next to it a judge s gavel and files. Symbolic photo of the abortion paragraph in the German Criminal Code, which regulates abortion
Bavaria, Germany - October 3, 2025: PHOTOMONTAGE, symbolic photo on the subject of abortion with wooden stamp Âß218 in front of an ultrasound image. Depiction of the legal and medical tensions surrounding abortion in Germany
Demonstrations 22 September 1976 Demonstration for the Legalization the Abortion on Eve the first Television debate between Ford and Carter, Philadelphia, 22 9 76 New York New York U S Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19760922_baf_k09_001 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Demonstrations Sept 09, 1976 Demonstrator for the Legalization the Abortion on UN the first Ford Carter Television debate the Womens liberation movement Philadelphia New York New York U S Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19760909_baf_k09_096 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Orig caption WEITERE KUNDGEBUNGEN GEGEN Â¬ß 218 On Saturday, a rally of the German Committee for Birth Control was held in the large hall of the Ministry Copyright: xx FRIEDRICH WOLF
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion. Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion, 1976. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W502017
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion. Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion, 1976. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W502006
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion. Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion, 1976. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W502005
May 6, 2022, New York City, New York, USA: Demonstration protesting anti-abortion candidate Ellen McCormack, Democratic National Convention, New York City, New York, USA, Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, July 14, 1976 New York City USA - ZUMAg145 20220506_zap_g145_005 Copyright: xJTxVintagex
SPD party leader and former Chancellor Willy Brandt on 14 March 1975 at a campaign rally in Kiels Ostseehalle for the state elections in Schleswig Holstein In the foreground SPD top candidate Klaus Matthiesen 1941 1998 From 1973 to 1983 Matthiesen was SPD pa
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter speaking to a crowd at a campaign stop in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. A demonstrator holds up a sign reading Carter Supports Abortion. Sept 8 1976. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL029 EC161
Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW
Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW
Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW
Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW
International Woman s Day Berlin DEU, Deutschland, Germany, Berlin, 08.03.2019 Demonstranten mit Plakat Nieder mit dem Abtreibungsparagraphen und Zeichnung von Kaethe Kollwitz gegen Paragraph 218 und 219a auf dem Internationalen Frauentag unter dem Motto Feiern Streiken Weiterkaempfen am 8. Maerz in Berlin. Die Demostration zum Frauentag fordert die Gleichberechtigung und mehr Rechte von Frauen, die sexuelle Selbstbestimmung und protestiert gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Frauen und patriachale Strukturen . Der Frauentag wurde auf Anregung der deutschen Sozialdemokratin ClaraZetkin erstmals am 19. Maerz 1911 in Deutschland und in Nachbarlaendern organisiert. Seit 1921 wird der Frauentag jaehrlich am 8. Maerz gefeiert und ist seit diesem Jahr Feiertag in Berlin. Participants with poster and painting of Kaethe Kollwitz against the paragraph 218 an
Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW
Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW
Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW
Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW

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Bavaria, Germany - October 11, 2025: PHOTO ASSEMBLY, A judge holds a small board with the inscription: Âß218, next to it a judge s gavel and files. Symbolic photo of the abortion paragraph in the German Criminal Code, which regulates abortion

Bavaria, Germany - October 3, 2025: PHOTOMONTAGE, symbolic photo on the subject of abortion with wooden stamp Âß218 in front of an ultrasound image. Depiction of the legal and medical tensions surrounding abortion in Germany

Demonstrations 22 September 1976 Demonstration for the Legalization the Abortion on Eve the first Television debate between Ford and Carter, Philadelphia, 22 9 76 New York New York U S Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19760922_baf_k09_001 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

Demonstrations Sept 09, 1976 Demonstrator for the Legalization the Abortion on UN the first Ford Carter Television debate the Womens liberation movement Philadelphia New York New York U S Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19760909_baf_k09_096 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

Orig caption WEITERE KUNDGEBUNGEN GEGEN Â¬ß 218 On Saturday, a rally of the German Committee for Birth Control was held in the large hall of the Ministry Copyright: xx FRIEDRICH WOLF

RECORD DATE NOT STATED Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion. Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion, 1976. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W502017

RECORD DATE NOT STATED Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion. Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion, 1976. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W502006

RECORD DATE NOT STATED Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion. Feminist Manifestation The Legalization Of Abortion, 1976. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W502005

SPD party leader and former Chancellor Willy Brandt on 14 March 1975 at a campaign rally in Kiels Ostseehalle for the state elections in Schleswig Holstein In the foreground SPD top candidate Klaus Matthiesen 1941 1998 From 1973 to 1983 Matthiesen was SPD pa

Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW

Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW

Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW

Gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 1973 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Frauen und Maenner demonstrierten am 2.6.1973 in Bonn gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 . DEU, Germany, Bonn: Women and men demonstrated on 2.6.1973 in Bonn against the abortion paragraph 218 . NRW

Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW

Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW

Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW

Die Frauenproteste gegen $ 218 1975 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Die Frauenproteste der SPD, DGB und DKP gegen den Abtreibungsparagraphen 218 am 26.2.1975 in Bonn. DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: The women s protests of the SPD, DGB and DKP against the abortion paragraph 218 on 26.2.1975 in Bonn. NRW