Judgment, 1 June 1988.
The defendant was the boyfriend of a woman who erroneously believed herself to be pregnant and decided to have an abortion.  He rented a car and drove her from the Federal Republic of Germany to the Netherlands where the abortion took place.  Upon their return, he was charged with violation of the law for helping a woman to have an illegal abortion. The Court convicted him, concluding that he had encouraged his girlfriend to make the decision to have an abortion and had driven her to the Netherlands for that purpose.  It ruled that the fact that she was not pregnant had no bearing on his commission of the crime.  It sentenced him to pay a fine of DM 600.
D000023:Abortion Applicants; D000024:Abortion, Illegal; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005860:Germany, West; D007603:Jurisprudence; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
Abortion Seekers; Abortion, Illegal; Abortion, Induced; Court Decision; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Temporary Migration; Western Europe