Risk to woman's life, to her health*, rape*, fetal impairment*, or socioeconomic factors
Risk to woman's life, to her health*, rape, or fetal impairment
Risk to woman's life, to her health*, or fetal impairment
Risk to woman's life*, to her health*, or rape
Risk to woman's life or to her health
Risk to woman's life
Illegal with no exceptions
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* Does not apply to some countries or territories in that category
Note: In some countries or territories, abortion laws are modified by other laws, regulations, legal principles or judicial decisions. This map shows their combined effect as implemented by the authorities.
Abortion laws vary widely among countries and territories, and have changed over time. Such laws range from abortion being freely available on request, to regulation or restrictions of various kinds, to outright prohibition in all circumstances. Many countries and territories that allow abortion have gestational limits for the procedure depending on the reason; with the majority being up to 12 weeks for abortion on request, up to 24 weeks for rape, incest, or socioeconomic reasons, and more for fetal impairment or risk to the woman's health or life. As of 2022, countries that legally allow abortion on request or for socioeconomic reasons comprise about 60% of the world's population. In 2024, France became the first country to explicitly protect abortion rights in its constitution.[1]
Abortion continues to be a controversial subject in many societies on religious, moral, ethical, practical, and political grounds. Though it has been banned and otherwise limited by law in many jurisdictions, abortions continue to be common in many areas, even where they are illegal. According to a 2007 study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization, abortion rates are similar in countries where the procedure is legal and in countries where it is not,[2][3] due to unavailability of modern contraceptives in areas where abortion is illegal.[4] Also according to the study, the number of abortions worldwide is declining due to increased access to contraception.[2][3]
^Niewiarowski, Erik. "France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic vote". PinkNews. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ ab"Abortion Rates Similar In Countries That Legalize, Prohibit Procedure, Study Says". International Consortium for Medical Abortion (ICMA). Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ abSedgh, Gilda; Henshaw, Stanley; Singh, Susheela; Åhman, Elisabeth; Shah, Iqbal H. (13 August 2007). "Induced abortion: estimated rates and trends worldwide". The Lancet. 370 (9595): 1338–1345. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61575-X. PMID 17933648. S2CID 28458527.
^Susheela, Signh; Darroch, Jacqueline E.; Ashford, Lori S.; Vlassoff, Michael (2009). Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Newborn Health(PDF). New York: Guttmacher Institute and United Nations Population Fund. pp. 17, 19, 27. Some 215 million women in the developing world as a whole have an unmet need for modern contraceptives[...] If the 215 million women with unmet need used modern family planning methods....[that] would result in about 22 million fewer unplanned births; 25 million fewer abortions; and seven million fewer miscarriages....If women's contraceptive needs were addressed (and assuming no changes in abortion laws)...the number of unsafe abortions would decline by 73% from 20 million to 5.5 million. A few of the findings in that report were subsequently changed, and are available at "Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health" (PDF). Guttmacher Institute. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012.
Abortionlaws vary widely among countries and territories, and have changed over time. Such laws range from abortion being freely available on request...
legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly depending on the laws of each state...
access to abortion. There are widely different abortionlaws depending on state. From the American Revolution to the mid-19th century abortion was not an...
miscarriage. But in what follows the term abortion will always refer to an induced abortion. Abortionlaws and their enforcement have fluctuated through...
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage...
begin from June 8, 2024. As a territory, Arizona banned abortion in 1864, and although the law became unenforceable after the decision in Roe v. Wade,...
Abortion in Europe varies considerably between countries and territories due to differing national laws and policies on its legality, availability of...
Abortion in the United Kingdom is de facto available under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 in Great Britain and the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No...
Formally banned in 1869, abortion would remain illegal in Canadian law for the next 100 years. In 1969, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 legalized...
recognized as incurable. The abortionlaw was liberalized by the Veil Act in 1975. The First French Republic saw the act of abortion being changed from an act...
Abortion in Australia is legal. There are no federal abortionlaws, and full decriminalisation of the procedure has been enacted in all jurisdictions....
Abortion has been legal in India under various circumstances with the introduction of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971. The Medical...
commentators. The Quran does not directly address intentional abortion, leaving greater discretion to the laws of individual countries. Although opinions among Islamic...
abortions on Polish pregnant women had to be carried out outside Poland due to the strict restraints within their own country. Poland's abortionlaw is...
prohibition on abortion, under the general criminal law principles of necessity as set forth in article 11(4) of the Code, an abortion may be legally...
prevent "substantial impairment of major bodily function", but the law on abortion in Texas is written in such an ambiguous way that it is unclear to...
Abortion in Alabama is illegal. Historically, Alabama's abortionlaws have evolved from strict regulations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to...
Abortion in Germany is decriminalized on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy upon condition of mandatory counseling. The same goes later in pregnancy...
Abortion in Russia is legal as an elective procedure up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and in special circumstances at later stages. Following the takeover...
the country seeking an elective abortion. Under a 1977 abortionlaw, a termination committee can approve an abortion, under sub-section 316a, in the following...
the 1983 Code of Canon Law imposes automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication on Latin Catholics who actually procure an abortion, if they fulfill the...
hospitals. Abortion in New Zealand is regulated by four laws: the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977...
foetal abnormality. Abortion services commenced on 1 January 2019, following its legalisation by the aforementioned Act, which became law on 20 December 2018...
medical abortion, also known as medication abortion or non-surgical abortion, occurs when drugs (medication) are used to bring about an abortion. Medical...
anti-abortion campaigners seeking to enact, maintain and expand anti-abortionlaws, while abortion-rights campaigners seek to repeal or ease such laws and...
than a psychological condition". From 1868 to 1972, abortionlaw in Florida stated that abortion was illegal unless "necessary to preserve the life of...
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