Appointments
Do you want to book an appointment for a consultation or treatment? Call us on weekdays. Please keep in mind that the clinic is usually quite busy during morning hours and you may be on hold for a while.
When booking your appointment, we will ask for the following information:
- Your name, date of birth and telephone number.
- Your Citizen Service Number (Burgerservicenummer/BSN) if you live in the Netherlands.
- The date of the first day of your last menstruation, or your ultrasound scan records.
- If you are on medication, are overweight or have a medical condition.
- Which treatment you have chosen.
- Are you more than 18 weeks pregnant? Then you need a recent ultrasound (< 1 week). Make sure you have this ready. We will ask you for your FL value and BPD value.
Treatment of pregnancies of 18 weeks or more are only performed at Bloemenhove Clinic in Haarlem.
Younger than 16
If you are younger than 16, you need permission (in writing) of one of your parents or your legal guardian to have an abortion. If that is impossible, please contact our clinic. We will help you out.
Appointment cancellation
Do you want to cancel or reschedule your appointment? Please let us know as soon as possible, by phone or email, so we can give your appointment to another woman.
Your clinic visit: alone or accompanied?
It’s great if someone can come with you. You may come with one companion to the clinic. This could be your partner, a friend or a family member. It is up to you if you want this person to be present at the doctor’s consultation. First, the doctor will want a quick word with you on your own, to make sure the abortion really is your decision. The person accompanying you is not allowed to be present during the treatment or in the recovery room. No children are allowed at the clinic.
If there is no one to accompany you and you are finding it hard to go to your appointment on your own, you can choose an abortion buddy. An abortion buddy is a volunteer who will accompany you to the clinic. Please visit: https://www.samennaardekliniek.nl/
“We want to thank you so much for all you’ve done and your loving care. Of course, it’s not a pleasant procedure, but thanks to you I was able to leave the clinic with a tiny smile on my face and a calm feeling. My sincerest gratitude.”
Usually, you can have an appointment at our clinic within a week.
Yes, as of 1 January 2023 you no longer need a referral letter and you do not have a legal waiting period of 5 days. So you can make an appointment directly in one of our clinics.
Have you been to your doctor or gynaecologist and have you received a referral letter? Then take it with you to your appointment.
If you are 15 or younger, you and one of your parents or legal guardian need to give permission for treatment, so you can never be forced to have an abortion. If you are unable to notify you parent(s) or guardian, please call us on +31 (0)23 528 98 90.
If you are 16 or older, you don’t need your parents’ or guardian’s permission.
A previous abortion poses no physical objections for the treatment.
Your partner or companion can be present during the consultation and preliminary examination by the doctor and during the additional interview with the nurse. However, the doctor will first want a quick word with you on your own. Your partner or companion is not allowed to be present during the actual treatment.
For pregnancies up to 15 weeks, directly after the abortion treatment you can have a coil (IUD) fitted. If you have chosen for the abortion pill, you can have an IUD fitted during the follow-up, four weeks after the abortion.
If you have health insurance in the Netherlands, the IUD insertion procedure is free of charge, but the IUD itself is not free, and can be purchased at our clinic. Both hormonal and non-hormonal IUDs are available. Some health insurances cover (part of) the costs of the IUD. Please contact your health insurer for any medical cover. If you are younger than 18, both IUD insertion procedure and IUD are free.
No. If you live or work in the Netherlands, you don’t have to pay for the abortion. The costs are fully covered by the Long-term Care Act (Wet Langdurige Zorg; WLZ; a national insurance scheme for exceptional medical expenses). We don’t inform your health insurer about the abortion and no money is deducted from your health insurance’s deductible excess (‘eigen risico’). You remain anonymous.
We handle your personal information extremely careful and only give information to family or friends after your explicit consent. For example, if you know a family member or friend will call us to inquire after your health, please let the receptionist know. Also, we don’t pass on any treatment information to your health insurer.