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Bodily Rights

Step into the realm of bodily rights laws, exclusively curated for adventurous exchange students.

Brace yourself for a whirlwind exploration of the legal framework that protects your personal freedoms, bodily integrity, and individual autonomy in this dynamic city. Let's dive in and uncover the secrets that await you in this captivating chapter of legal exploration!

Step into the realm of bodily rights laws, exclusively curated for adventurous exchange students.

Bodily Rights

Let’s talk about

Sex!

Contraception:

There is no shame in Hong Kong regarding contraception, and contraception is relatively easy to get!

Emergency contraceptive pills are also available through FPAHK, which have Birth Control Clinics or Youth Health Care Centres

for those under the age of 26!

These pills will cost HK$13 0-$200 for HKID cards and valid stay document holders, and HK$300 for others.
Emergency contraception is not available over the counter in HK,
but some pharmacies sell them discreetly.

Source:

Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212):

https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap212

Condoms:

These are sold in local drugstore chains and most convenience shops!

Birth control/oral contraceptive pills:

Can be obtained without a doctor’s prescription

as they are sold over the counter

Emergency contraceptive pills are also available through FPAHK, which have Birth Control Clinics or Youth Health Care Centres

for those under the age of 26!

Can be obtained without a doctor’s prescription

as they are sold over the counter

Birth control/oral contraceptive pills:

These are sold in local drugstore chains and most convenience shops!

Condoms:

Source:

Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212):

https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap212

These pills will cost HK$13 0-$200 for HKID cards and valid stay document holders, and HK$300 for others.
Emergency contraception is not available over the counter in HK,
but some pharmacies sell them discreetly.

There is no shame in Hong Kong regarding contraception, and contraception is relatively easy to get!

Contraception:

Sex!

Let’s talk about

Let’s learn about...

Source:

Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212):

https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap212

Anything done outside of this with the intent to cause her own or another woman’s miscarriage is liable for imprisonment and fine. Anyone who also encourages a pregnant woman to get an abortion is liable for prosecution, or procures/supplies any instrument, poison, or noxious thing, with the knowledge that it would be used to procure a miscarriage

may be liable for 3 years imprisonment.

If you attempt to give yourself a miscarriage, or give someone else a miscarriage, with poison or other noxious thing or by use of any instrument or means, you could be imprisoned for up to 7 years!

Abortion rights

Abortion IS legal, but only up to 24 weeks or when it is deemed necessary to save the life of the woman
by 2 medical practitioners

The two conditions that it can be legally performed are:

If continuation of pregnancy would involve risk to the life, physical or mental health of the pregnant woman greater than

if the pregnancy were terminated.

If the child to be born would be severely handicapped as a result of physical or mental abnormality.

The two conditions that it can be legally performed are:

If continuation of pregnancy would involve risk to the life, physical or mental health of the pregnant woman greater than

if the pregnancy were terminated.

If the child to be born would be severely handicapped as a result of physical or mental abnormality.

Abortions MUST be carried out by a registered medical practitioner in a government approved or gazetted hospital, or in a FPAHK Day Procedure centre of the FPAHK.

may be liable for 3 years imprisonment.

If you attempt to give yourself a miscarriage, or give someone else a miscarriage, with poison or other noxious thing or by use of any instrument or means, you could be imprisoned for up to 7 years!

Source:

Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212):

https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap212

Let’s learn about...

If you find yourself in a situation where you need advice in this area you can go to…

The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong

If you are married or aged 26 or over:

Wan Chai Clinic (G/F)

Ma Tau Chung Clinic (1/F)

Wong Tai Sin Clinic, Yuen Long Clinic (G/F)

Tsuen Wan Clinic

The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong