2005 134 91,664 9.60 2006 135 101,592 10.62 2007 137 112,138 11.49 2008 137 115,812 11.78 2009 141 111,482 11.41 2010 147 113,031 11.49 2011 172 118,359 12.44 2012 189 113,419 12.44 2013 198 108,690 12.12 2014 191 94,796 10.46 2015 200 94,188 10.40 2016 201 93,131 10.36 2017 212 94,123 10.51 2018 211 95,917 11.12 2019 211 99,149 11.53 2020 207 88,269 10.33 surgical and medical abortions in spain induced abortion or termination of unwanted pregnancy can be performed by two methods: medical abortion - using drugs or medications such as mifepristone and misoprostol. surgical abortion - clinic or hospital intervention: aspiration, dilation, and curettage. in europe, the use of medical abortion is generally broad, although its use varies by country. in 2010, medical abortions accounted for: 67% of induced abortions in portugal, 49% in france, 40% in great britain, and 70% in finland. in spain, this was only 4%; in italy, less than 4%, since the beginning of the marketing of mifepristone in december 2009. other information abortion was available in a restricted form from 5 july 1985. under this previous law it was only allowed under the following conditions: to preserve the mental health of the mother (in which case two specialists have to approve); if the pregnancy was a byproduct of rape or incest reported to the police (the abortion must be performed in the first twelve weeks); if the fetus would have deformities or an intellectual disability upon birth (two specialists had to agree on the findings); or if the mother's physical health was in immediate danger (in which case an abortion could be performed without the consent of the woman's family physician or the woman herself). under 1985 law, the threshold of "endangering the mother's mental health" was reported to be very low, making it a loophole for abortions on-demand. the abortion rate has more than doubled from 54,000 in 1998 to 112,000 in 2007. in 2009, the socialist government started to liberalize current abortion laws, sending a new law through the lower house of parliament which would allow abortion on-demand for pregnancies through the fourteenth week. the government almost succeeded in lowering the age of consent for abortions to 16, but in the end the bill states that girls aged 16 and 17 must inform their parents (but do not need parental consent) for an abortion except if the girl comes from an abusive household and such news will cause more strife. an estimated one million protesters turned to the streets of madrid in protest of the proposed abortion law changes. the law won final approval on 24 february 2010 and came into force on 5 july 2010.