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Abortion law
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.
Legality of abortion by country or territory
| Legal on request: | |
| No gestational limit | |
| Gestational limit after the first 17 weeks | |
| Gestational limit in the first 17 weeks | |
| Unclear gestational limit | |
| Legally restricted to cases of: | |
| Risk to woman's life, to her health*, rape*, fetal impairment*, failure of contraception* 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 | |
| No information | |
| * Does not apply to some countries or territories in that category | |
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,[1][2] due to unavailability of modern contraceptives in areas where abortion is illegal.[3] Also according to the study, the number of abortions worldwide is declining due to increased access to contraception.[1][2]
History
Abortion has existed since ancient times, with natural abortifacients being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in most written sources. The earliest known records of abortion techniques and general reproductive regulation date as far back as 2700 BC in China, and 1550 BC in Egypt.[4] Early texts contain little mention of abortion or abortion law. When it does appear, it is entailed in concerns about male property rights, preservation of social order, and the duty to produce fit citizens for the state or community. The harshest penalties were generally reserved for a woman who procured an abortion against her husband's wishes, and for slaves who produced abortion in a woman of high status. Religious texts often contained severe condemnations of abortion, recommending penance but seldom enforcing secular punishment. As a matter of common law in England and the United States, abortion was illegal anytime after quickening—when the movements of the fetus could first be felt by the woman. Under the born alive rule, the fetus was not considered a "reasonable being" in rerum natura; and abortion was not treated as murder in English law.
In the 19th century, many Western countries began to codify abortion laws or place further restrictions on the practice. Anti-abortion movements, also referred to as "pro-life" movements, were led by a combination of groups opposed to abortion on moral grounds, and by medical professionals who were concerned about the danger presented by the procedure and the regular involvement of non-medical personnel in performing abortions. Nevertheless, it became clear that illegal abortions continued to take place in large numbers even where abortions were rigorously restricted. It was difficult to obtain sufficient evidence to prosecute the women and abortion doctors, and judges and juries were often reluctant to convict. For example, Henry Morgentaler, a Canadian pro-choice advocate, was never convicted by a jury. He was acquitted by a jury in the 1973 court case, but the acquittal was overturned by five judges on the Quebec Court of Appeal in 1974. He went to prison, appealed, and was again acquitted. In total, he served 10 months, suffering a heart attack while in solitary confinement. Many were also outraged at the invasion of privacy and the medical problems resulting from abortions taking place illegally in medically dangerous circumstances. Political movements soon coalesced around the legalization of abortion and liberalization of existing laws.
By the first half of the 20th century, many countries had begun to liberalize abortion laws, at least when performed to protect the woman's life and in some cases on the woman's request. Under Vladimir Lenin, the Soviet Union became the first modern state in legalizing abortions on request—the law was first introduced in the Russian SFSR in 1920, in the Ukrainian SSR in July 1921, and then in the whole country.[5][6] The Bolsheviks saw abortion as a social evil created by the capitalist system, which left women without the economic means to raise children, forcing them to perform abortions. The Soviet state initially preserved the tsarist ban on abortion, which treated the practice as premeditated murder. However, abortion had been practiced by Russian women for decades and its incidence skyrocketed further as a result of the Russian Civil War, which had left the country economically devastated and made it extremely difficult for many people to have children. The Soviet state recognized that banning abortion would not stop the practice because women would continue using the services of private abortionists. In rural areas, these were often old women who had no medical training, which made their services very dangerous to women's health. In November 1920 the Soviet regime legalized abortion in state hospitals. The state considered abortion as a temporary necessary evil, which would disappear in the future communist society, which would be able to provide for all the children conceived.[7][page needed] In 1936, Joseph Stalin placed prohibitions on abortions, which restricted them to medically recommended cases only, in order to increase population growth after the enormous loss of life in World War I and the Russian Civil War.[8][9][6] In the 1930s, several countries (Poland, Turkey, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Mexico) legalized abortion in some special cases (pregnancy from rape, threat to mother's health, fetal malformation). In Japan, abortion was legalized in 1948 by the Eugenic Protection Law,[10] amended in May 1949 to allow abortions for economic reasons.[11] Abortion was legalized in 1952 in Yugoslavia (on a limited basis[which?]), and again in 1955 in the Soviet Union on request. Some Soviet allies (Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania) legalized abortion in the late 1950s under pressure from the Soviets.[how?][12][additional citation(s) needed]
In the United Kingdom, the Abortion Act of 1967 clarified and prescribed abortions as legal up to 28 weeks (later reduced to 24 weeks). Other countries soon followed, including Canada (1969), the United States (1973 in most states, pursuant to Roe v. Wade—the U.S. Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion nationwide), Tunisia and Denmark (1973), Austria (1974), France and Sweden (1975), New Zealand (1977), Italy (1978), the Netherlands (1984), and Belgium (1990). However, these countries vary greatly in the circumstances under which abortion was to be permitted. In 1975, the West German Supreme Court struck down a law legalizing abortion, holding that they contradict the constitution's human rights guarantees. In 1976, a law was adopted which enabled abortions up to 12 weeks. After Germany's reunification, despite the legal status of abortion in former East Germany, a compromise was reached which deemed most abortions up to 12 weeks legal, but this law was struck down by the Federal Constitutional Court and amended to only remove the punishment in such cases, without any statement to legality. In jurisdictions governed under sharia law, abortion after the 120th day from conception (19 weeks from LMP) is illegal, especially for those who follow the recommendations of the Hanafi legal school, while most jurists of the Maliki legal school "believe that ensoulment occurs at the moment of conception, and they tend to forbid abortion at any point [similar to the Roman Catholic Church]. The other schools hold intermediate positions. [...] The penalty prescribed for an illegal abortion varies according to particular circumstances involved. According to sharia, it should be limited to a fine that is paid to the father or heirs of the fetus."[13]
Timeline of abortion on request
The table below lists in chronological order the United Nations member states that have legalized abortion on request in at least some initial part of the pregnancy, or that have fully decriminalized abortion. As of 2023, 67 countries have legalized or decriminalized abortion on request.
- Notes
Where a country has legalized abortion on request, prohibited it, and legalized it again (e.g., former Soviet Union, Romania), only the later year is included. Countries that result from the merger of states where abortion on request was legal at the moment of unification show the year when it became legal across the whole national territory (e.g., Germany, Vietnam). Similarly, countries where not all subnational jurisdictions have legalized abortion on request are not included (e.g., leading to the exclusion of Australia, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States). Countries are counted even if they were not yet independent at the time. The year refers to when the relevant law or judicial decision came into force, which may be different from the year when it was approved.
International law
There are no international or multinational treaties that deal directly with abortion but human rights law and International criminal law touch on the issues.
The Nuremberg Military Tribunal decided the case of United States v Greifelt and Others (1948) on the basis that abortion was a crime within its jurisdiction according to the law defining crimes against humanity and thus within its definition of murder and extermination.[35]
The Catholic Church remains highly influential in Latin America, and opposes the legalisation of abortion.[36] The American Convention on Human Rights, which in 2013 had 23 Latin American parties, declares human life as commencing with conception. In Latin America, abortion on request is only legal in Cuba (1965), Uruguay (2012),[37] Argentina (2021),[34] Colombia (2022)[38] and in parts of Mexico.[39][40] Abortions are completely banned in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and only allowed in certain restricted circumstances in most other Latin American nations.[36]
In the 2010 case of A, B and C v Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights found that the European Convention on Human Rights did not include a right to an abortion.
In 2005, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) ordered Peru to compensate a woman (known as K.L.) for denying her a medically indicated abortion; this was the first time a United Nations Committee had held any country accountable for not ensuring access to safe, legal abortion, and the first time the committee affirmed that abortion is a human right.[41] K.L. received the compensation in 2016.[41] In the 2016 case of Mellet v Ireland, the UN HRC found Ireland's abortion laws violated International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights because Irish law banned abortion in cases of fatal fetal abnormalities.
National laws
While abortions are legal at least under certain conditions in almost all countries, these conditions vary widely. According to a United Nations (UN) report with data gathered up to 2019,[42] abortion is allowed in 98% of countries in order to save a woman's life. Other commonly-accepted reasons are preserving physical (72%) or mental health (69%), in cases of rape or incest (61%), and in cases of fetal impairment (61%). Performing an abortion because of economic or social reasons is accepted in 37% of countries. Performing abortion only on the basis of a woman's request is allowed in 34% of countries, including in Canada, most European countries and China.[42]
The exact scope of each legal ground also varies. For example, the laws of some countries cite health risks and fetal impairment as general grounds for abortion and allow a broad interpretation of such terms in practice, while other countries restrict them to a specific list of medical conditions or subcategories. Many countries 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 social, economic, rape, or incest reasons, and more for fetal impairment or threats to the woman's health or life.[42]: 26
In some countries, additional procedures must be followed before the abortion can be carried out even if the basic grounds for it are met. How strictly all of the procedures dictated in the legislation are followed in practice is another matter. For example, in the United Kingdom, a Care Quality Commission's report in 2012 found that several NHS clinics were circumventing the law, using forms pre-signed by one doctor, thus allowing abortions to patients who only met with one doctor.[43]
Roe V. Wade has been established in the US for almost 50 years, put into motion in 1973, before its overturn in 2022 due to Dobbs v. Jackson. This ruling made abortion access not a constitutional right. The decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country.[1] 13 States, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming enacted a trigger law which placed an immediate but varying statewide abortion ban immediately following the overturning. These trigger laws were designed specifically to take effect immediately upon the fall of the Roe precedent. Other states, were bans are in effect after 6 weeks gestation, including Idaho, Tennessee, and Texas – have similar laws, which would take effect after 30 days of the overturning.[2][44]
Pill abortion access is legal in 36 states. However, a lawsuit in Texas is currently against the production and distribution of this Abortion pill, misoprostol. The ban would affect millions of women in the US who cannot access a medical procedural abortion due to a state ban. The group suing the FDA has asked for a preliminary injunction to take one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, mifepristone, off the market while the case plays out.[3] This will effectively cause a nationwide ban of pill abortion if granted.[45]
Summary tables
| permitted | In many cases, abortion is permitted only up to a certain gestational age. If this limit is known and does not vary by subdivision, it is shown instead of "permitted". |
| permitted, with complex legality or practice | |
| varies by subdivision | |
| prohibited, with complex legality or practice | |
| prohibited | |
| unknown or unclear |
Countries
The table below summarizes the legal grounds for abortion in all United Nations member states and United Nations General Assembly observer states and some countries with limited recognition. This table is mostly based on data compiled by the United Nations up to 2019,[46] with some updates, additions and clarifications citing other sources.
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia[47] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Afghanistan | permitted[n] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited[n] | prohibited[n] | prohibited |
| Albania[30] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | no limit | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Algeria[54] | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Andorra | prohibited[o] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Angola[p] | permitted | permitted | 16 weeks | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Antigua and Barbuda[59] | permitted[q] | prohibited[r] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Argentina[34] | no limit | no limit | no limit | 14 weeks | 14 weeks | 14 weeks |
| Armenia[62] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Australia [subdivisions] | no limit | no limit | permitted | no limit | permitted | varies[s] |
| Australian Capital Territory[65][66] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Christmas Island[t] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks |
| Cocos Islands[u] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks |
| Jervis Bay Territory[v] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| New South Wales[70] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks |
| Norfolk Island[w] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit |
| Northern Territory[74] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | prohibited[x] |
| Queensland[75] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks |
| South Australia[76] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks and 6 days |
| Tasmania[77] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 16 weeks |
| Victoria[78] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 24 weeks |
| Western Australia[79][y] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks |
| Austria[81] | no limit | no limit | 3 months[z] | no limit | 3 months[z] | 3 months[z] |
| Azerbaijan[82] | no limit | no limit | permitted | permitted | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Bahamas[83] | permitted | permitted[aa] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Bahrain | permitted | prohibited[ab] | prohibited[ab] | prohibited[ab] | prohibited[ab] | prohibited[ab] |
| Bangladesh | no limit | prohibited[ac] | prohibited[ac] | prohibited[ac] | prohibited[ac] | prohibited[ac] |
| Barbados[86] | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | no limit | 12 weeks | prohibited |
| Belarus[ad] | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks | no limit | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Belgium[90] | no limit | no limit | 14 weeks[ae] | no limit | 14 weeks[ae] | 14 weeks[ae] |
| Belize | no limit | no limit | prohibited | no limit | permitted | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Benin[92] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | prohibited |
| Bhutan[af] | 180 days | 180 days[ag] | 180 days | 180 days[ag] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Bolivia | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks[ah] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [subdivisions] | no limit | no limit | permitted | permitted | permitted | 10 weeks |
| Brčko District[ai] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[ai] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Republika Srpska[98] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 10 weeks |
| Botswana[99] | 16 weeks | 16 weeks | 16 weeks | 16 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Brazil | 22 weeks[aj] | prohibited | 22 weeks[aj] | prohibited[aj] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Brunei[104] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Bulgaria[105] | no limit | 20 weeks | permitted | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Burkina Faso[106] | no limit | no limit | 14 weeks | no limit | prohibited | prohibited |
| Burundi | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited[ak] | prohibited |
| Cambodia[108] | no limit | 12 weeks | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Cameroon[109] | permitted | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Canada[al] [subdivisions] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted |
| Alberta | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 20 weeks |
| British Columbia | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 23 weeks and 6 days |
| Manitoba | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 19 weeks and 6 days |
| New Brunswick | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 16 weeks |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 15 weeks |
| Northwest Territories | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 19 weeks and 6 days |
| Nova Scotia | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 16 weeks |
| Nunavut | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks |
| Ontario | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 23 weeks and 6 days |
| Prince Edward Island | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks and 6 days |
| Quebec | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 23 weeks and 6 days |
| Saskatchewan | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 18 weeks and 6 days |
| Yukon | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks and 6 days |
| Cape Verde[112] | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Central African Republic | 8 weeks | prohibited[am] | 8 weeks | 8 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Chad | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Chile[114] | no limit | prohibited | 12 weeks[an] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| China[a][115][116][b] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted |
| Colombia | no limit[ao] | no limit[ao] | no limit[ao] | no limit[ao] | 24 weeks[ao] | 24 weeks[ao] |
| Comoros[119] | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Congo | permitted[ap] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Costa Rica | permitted | permitted | prohibited[aq] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Croatia[123] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Cuba[124][125] | no limit | 22 weeks | no limit | 35 weeks | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Cyprus[126] | permitted | permitted | 19 weeks | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Czech Republic[127][128] | no limit | permitted[ar] | 12 weeks | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | permitted[as] | permitted[at] | permitted[at] | permitted[at] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Denmark[132] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks[au] |
| Djibouti[133][134][135] | permitted | permitted[aa] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Dominica[136] | permitted | prohibited[av] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Dominican Republic[138] | prohibited[aw] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| East Timor[ax] | no limit | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ecuador | permitted | permitted | permitted[ay] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Egypt[146][147] | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| El Salvador[148] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Equatorial Guinea[149] | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Eritrea[150] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[az] | prohibited[az] | prohibited[az] |
| Estonia[151] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 12 weeks[ba] | 22 weeks | 12 weeks[ba] | 12 weeks[ba] |
| Eswatini[152] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ethiopia[153][154][155] | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | prohibited[bb] | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Fiji[157] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | no limit | prohibited | prohibited |
| Finland[158][bc] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | 24 weeks | 20 weeks | 12 weeks |
| France[160][bd] | no limit | no limit | 16 weeks[be] | no limit | 16 weeks[be] | 16 weeks[be] |
| Gabon[163] | 10 weeks | prohibited[bf] | 10 weeks | 10 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Gambia[164][165][166] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Georgia[167][168] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Germany | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks[bg] | 12 weeks[bg] | 12 weeks[bg] |
| Ghana | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Greece[171] | no limit | no limit | 19 weeks | 24 weeks | 12 weeks[bh] | 12 weeks[bh] |
| Grenada[172] | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Guatemala[173][174] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Guinea | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Guinea-Bissau[28][175] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted |
| Guyana[176] | no limit | no limit | 16 weeks | 16 weeks | 8 weeks[bi] | 8 weeks[bi] |
| Haiti[bj] | permitted[bk] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Honduras[179] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Hungary | no limit | 12 weeks[bl] | 12 weeks[bl] | 20 weeks[bm] | 12 weeks[bl] | prohibited |
| Iceland[181] | no limit | no limit | permitted | no limit | permitted | 22 weeks |
| India[182][183] | no limit | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | 24 weeks[bn] | 24 weeks[bo] | prohibited |
| Indonesia[184][185] | no limit | no limit | 14 weeks | no limit | prohibited | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Iran[186][187][188] | 4 months | 4 months | prohibited[bp] | 4 months | prohibited | prohibited |
| Iraq | permitted[bq] | prohibited[br] | prohibited | prohibited[br] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ireland[194] | viability[bs] | viability[bs] | 12 weeks | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Israel | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted[bt] | prohibited[bt] |
| Italy[196] | no limit | viability | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| Ivory Coast | permitted | prohibited[bu] | permitted | prohibited[bu] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Jamaica | permitted[bv] | permitted[bw] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Japan[203] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | prohibited | 22 weeks | prohibited |
| Jordan[204] | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kazakhstan[205][206] | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks | no limit | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Kenya[207][208] | permitted | permitted | permitted[bx] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kiribati[211] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kosovo[212] | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks | no limit | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Kuwait[213] | permitted | 4 months | prohibited | 4 months | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kyrgyzstan[214][215] | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Laos | permitted[by] | 28 weeks[by] | 28 weeks[by] | 28 weeks[by] | 28 weeks[by] | prohibited[by] |
| Latvia[219][220] | permitted | 24 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Lebanon[221] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Lesotho[222] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Liberia[223] | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Libya[224][225] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Liechtenstein[226] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Lithuania[227] | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks[bz] | no limit | 12 weeks[bz] | 12 weeks[bz] |
| Luxembourg[228] | no limit | no limit | 14 weeks | no limit | 14 weeks | 14 weeks |
| Madagascar | prohibited[ca] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Malawi[232] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Malaysia[233] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Maldives[cb] | no limit | prohibited | 120 days | 120 days[cc] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Mali[238][239] | permitted | permitted[aa] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Malta | prohibited[cd] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Marshall Islands | permitted[bk] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Mauritania | permitted[ce] | prohibited[ce] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Mauritius[246] | no limit | no limit | 14 weeks | no limit | prohibited | prohibited |
| Mexico[247] [subdivisions] | varies[cf] | varies[cg] | permitted[ch] | varies[cg] | varies[cg] | varies[cg] |
| Aguascalientes[252][253] | permitted | permitted[ci] | permitted | permitted[ci] | permitted[ci] | permitted[ci] |
| Baja California[254] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Baja California Sur[255] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Campeche[256] | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks[ch] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Chiapas[257] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | 90 days[ch] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Chihuahua[258] | permitted | permitted | 90 days[ch] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Coahuila[259] | permitted | permitted[cj] | 90 days[ch] | permitted | permitted[cj] | permitted[cj] |
| Colima[260] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Durango[261] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Guanajuato[262] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Guerrero[263] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Hidalgo[264] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Jalisco[265] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Mexico City[266][267] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Mexico State[268] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Michoacán[269] | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks[ch] | permitted | 12 weeks | prohibited[cg] |
| Morelos[270] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Nayarit[271] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Nuevo León[272] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Oaxaca[273] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Puebla[274] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Querétaro[275] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Quintana Roo[276][277] | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks[ch] | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| San Luis Potosí[278] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Sinaloa[279] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 13 weeks | 13 weeks |
| Sonora[280] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Tabasco[281] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Tamaulipas[282] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Tlaxcala[283] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Veracruz[284] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Yucatán[285] | permitted | prohibited[cg] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] |
| Zacatecas[286] | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] | prohibited[cg] |
| Micronesia | permitted[bk] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Moldova[287] | 21 weeks | 21 weeks | 21 weeks | 21 weeks | 21 weeks | 12 weeks[ck] |
| Monaco | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | no limit | prohibited | prohibited |
| Mongolia | 23 weeks | 23 weeks | permitted | permitted | 14 weeks | 14 weeks |
| Montenegro[288] | 32 weeks | 32 weeks | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Morocco[cl] | no limit | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Mozambique | no limit | no limit | 16 weeks | 24 weeks[cm] | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Myanmar[294][295] | no limit | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Namibia | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Nauru[296] | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Nepal[297][needs update] | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 28 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Netherlands[cn] | no limit | no limit | 24 weeks | no limit | 24 weeks | 24 weeks |
| New Zealand[298] | no limit | no limit | permitted | permitted | permitted | 20 weeks |
| Nicaragua | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Niger | permitted | permitted | prohibited | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Nigeria [subdivisions] | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Abia | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Adamawa | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Akwa Ibom | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Anambra | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Bauchi | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Bayelsa | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Benue | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Borno | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Cross River | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Delta | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ebonyi | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Edo | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ekiti | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Enugu | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Federal Capital Territory | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Gombe | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Imo | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Jigawa | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kaduna | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kano | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Katsina | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kebbi | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kogi | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Kwara | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Lagos | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Nasarawa | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Niger | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ogun | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Ondo | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Osun | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Oyo | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Plateau | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Rivers | permitted | prohibited[co] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sokoto | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Taraba | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Yobe | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Zamfara | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Northern Cyprus[301] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 10 weeks |
| North Korea | permitted[cp] | permitted[cp] | unclear[cp] | permitted[cp] | unclear[cp] | unclear[cp] |
| North Macedonia | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks[cq] | 22 weeks[cq] | 22 weeks[cq] | 12 weeks |
| Norway[f] | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Oman | permitted[cr] | permitted[cr] | prohibited | 120 days[cr] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Pakistan[312][313] | no limit | organ formation[cs] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Palau | permitted[ct] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Palestine | permitted[cu] | prohibited[cu] | prohibited[cu] | prohibited[cu] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Panama[322][323] | no limit | prohibited | 2 months | 24 weeks | prohibited | prohibited |
| Papua New Guinea[324] | permitted | prohibited[cv] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Paraguay[328] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Peru[329] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Philippines[330] | prohibited[cw] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Poland[333] | no limit | no limit | 13 weeks | prohibited[cx] | prohibited[cy] | prohibited |
| Portugal[336] | no limit | no limit | 16 weeks | 24 weeks | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Qatar[337][338] | no limit | 4 months | prohibited | 4 months | prohibited | prohibited |
| Romania[339] | no limit | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | 14 weeks |
| Russia[340][341][342] | permitted | permitted | 22 weeks | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Rwanda[343] | no limit | no limit | 22 weeks | no limit | prohibited | prohibited |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | permitted | permitted[cz] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Saint Lucia[346] | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[347] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited |
| Samoa[348] | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| San Marino[349] | viability[da] | viability | viability | 12 weeks[db] | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| São Tomé and Príncipe[31] | no limit | no limit | no limit | 16 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Saudi Arabia[350] | no limit | 4 months | 40 days[dc] | 40 days[dc] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Senegal | permitted[dd] | prohibited[dd] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Serbia[357][358] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Seychelles | 12 weeks[de] | 12 weeks[de] | 12 weeks[de] | 12 weeks[de] | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sierra Leone | permitted[df] | permitted[df] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Singapore[368] | no limit | no limit | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | 24 weeks |
| Slovakia[369][370] | no limit | permitted[dg] | 12 weeks | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Slovenia[371] | no limit | no limit | 10 weeks | 10 weeks | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Solomon Islands[372] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Somalia[373][374][dh] | permitted[di] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| South Africa | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | no limit | 20 weeks | 12 weeks |
| South Korea[dj] | permitted | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | permitted | permitted[dk] | permitted[dk] |
| South Ossetia[380][better source needed] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted |
| South Sudan[381] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Spain[382] | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 14 weeks | 22 weeks[dl] | 14 weeks | 14 weeks |
| Sri Lanka[383] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sudan[384] | no limit | prohibited | 90 days[dm] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Suriname | permitted[dn] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sweden[386] | no limit | no limit | 18 weeks | 18 weeks | 18 weeks | 18 weeks |
| Switzerland[387] | no limit | no limit | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Syria[388] | permitted | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Taiwan[389][390] | no limit | no limit | 24 weeks | no limit | 24 weeks | prohibited |
| Tajikistan[391] | permitted | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 22 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Tanzania[do] | no limit | permitted[dp] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Thailand[395][396] | no limit | no limit | no limit | no limit | 20 weeks | 20 weeks |
| Country | Risk to life | Risk to health | Rape | Fetal impairment | Economic or social | On request |
| Togo[397] | permitted | permitted | permitted | permitted | prohibited | prohibited |
| Tonga | permitted[dq] | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
abortion, vary, widely, among, countries, territories, have, changed, over, time, such, laws, range, from, abortion, being, freely, available, request, regulation, restrictions, various, kinds, outright, prohibition, circumstances, many, countries, territories. 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 Legality of abortion by country or territory Legal on request No gestational limit Gestational limit after the first 17 weeks Gestational limit in the first 17 weeks Unclear gestational limit Legally restricted to cases of Risk to woman s life to her health rape fetal impairment failure of contraception 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 No information 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 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 1 2 due to unavailability of modern contraceptives in areas where abortion is illegal 3 Also according to the study the number of abortions worldwide is declining due to increased access to contraception 1 2 Contents 1 History 2 Timeline of abortion on request 3 International law 4 National laws 4 1 Summary tables 4 1 1 Countries 4 1 2 Autonomous jurisdictions 4 2 Comparative limits for countries with elective abortions 4 3 Countries with more restrictive laws 4 4 Beginning of pregnancy controversy 5 Exceptions in abortion law 6 Other related laws 7 Judicial decisions 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 10 1 Other sources 11 External linksHistoryMain articles History of abortion and History of abortion law debate This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Abortion law news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Abortion has existed since ancient times with natural abortifacients being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in most written sources The earliest known records of abortion techniques and general reproductive regulation date as far back as 2700 BC in China and 1550 BC in Egypt 4 Early texts contain little mention of abortion or abortion law When it does appear it is entailed in concerns about male property rights preservation of social order and the duty to produce fit citizens for the state or community The harshest penalties were generally reserved for a woman who procured an abortion against her husband s wishes and for slaves who produced abortion in a woman of high status Religious texts often contained severe condemnations of abortion recommending penance but seldom enforcing secular punishment As a matter of common law in England and the United States abortion was illegal anytime after quickening when the movements of the fetus could first be felt by the woman Under the born alive rule the fetus was not considered a reasonable being in rerum natura and abortion was not treated as murder in English law In the 19th century many Western countries began to codify abortion laws or place further restrictions on the practice Anti abortion movements also referred to as pro life movements were led by a combination of groups opposed to abortion on moral grounds and by medical professionals who were concerned about the danger presented by the procedure and the regular involvement of non medical personnel in performing abortions Nevertheless it became clear that illegal abortions continued to take place in large numbers even where abortions were rigorously restricted It was difficult to obtain sufficient evidence to prosecute the women and abortion doctors and judges and juries were often reluctant to convict For example Henry Morgentaler a Canadian pro choice advocate was never convicted by a jury He was acquitted by a jury in the 1973 court case but the acquittal was overturned by five judges on the Quebec Court of Appeal in 1974 He went to prison appealed and was again acquitted In total he served 10 months suffering a heart attack while in solitary confinement Many were also outraged at the invasion of privacy and the medical problems resulting from abortions taking place illegally in medically dangerous circumstances Political movements soon coalesced around the legalization of abortion and liberalization of existing laws By the first half of the 20th century many countries had begun to liberalize abortion laws at least when performed to protect the woman s life and in some cases on the woman s request Under Vladimir Lenin the Soviet Union became the first modern state in legalizing abortions on request the law was first introduced in the Russian SFSR in 1920 in the Ukrainian SSR in July 1921 and then in the whole country 5 6 The Bolsheviks saw abortion as a social evil created by the capitalist system which left women without the economic means to raise children forcing them to perform abortions The Soviet state initially preserved the tsarist ban on abortion which treated the practice as premeditated murder However abortion had been practiced by Russian women for decades and its incidence skyrocketed further as a result of the Russian Civil War which had left the country economically devastated and made it extremely difficult for many people to have children The Soviet state recognized that banning abortion would not stop the practice because women would continue using the services of private abortionists In rural areas these were often old women who had no medical training which made their services very dangerous to women s health In November 1920 the Soviet regime legalized abortion in state hospitals The state considered abortion as a temporary necessary evil which would disappear in the future communist society which would be able to provide for all the children conceived 7 page needed In 1936 Joseph Stalin placed prohibitions on abortions which restricted them to medically recommended cases only in order to increase population growth after the enormous loss of life in World War I and the Russian Civil War 8 9 6 In the 1930s several countries Poland Turkey Denmark Sweden Iceland Mexico legalized abortion in some special cases pregnancy from rape threat to mother s health fetal malformation In Japan abortion was legalized in 1948 by the Eugenic Protection Law 10 amended in May 1949 to allow abortions for economic reasons 11 Abortion was legalized in 1952 in Yugoslavia on a limited basis which and again in 1955 in the Soviet Union on request Some Soviet allies Poland Hungary Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Romania legalized abortion in the late 1950s under pressure from the Soviets how 12 additional citation s needed In the United Kingdom the Abortion Act of 1967 clarified and prescribed abortions as legal up to 28 weeks later reduced to 24 weeks Other countries soon followed including Canada 1969 the United States 1973 in most states pursuant to Roe v Wade the U S Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion nationwide Tunisia and Denmark 1973 Austria 1974 France and Sweden 1975 New Zealand 1977 Italy 1978 the Netherlands 1984 and Belgium 1990 However these countries vary greatly in the circumstances under which abortion was to be permitted In 1975 the West German Supreme Court struck down a law legalizing abortion holding that they contradict the constitution s human rights guarantees In 1976 a law was adopted which enabled abortions up to 12 weeks After Germany s reunification despite the legal status of abortion in former East Germany a compromise was reached which deemed most abortions up to 12 weeks legal but this law was struck down by the Federal Constitutional Court and amended to only remove the punishment in such cases without any statement to legality In jurisdictions governed under sharia law abortion after the 120th day from conception 19 weeks from LMP is illegal especially for those who follow the recommendations of the Hanafi legal school while most jurists of the Maliki legal school believe that ensoulment occurs at the moment of conception and they tend to forbid abortion at any point similar to the Roman Catholic Church The other schools hold intermediate positions The penalty prescribed for an illegal abortion varies according to particular circumstances involved According to sharia it should be limited to a fine that is paid to the father or heirs of the fetus 13 Timeline of abortion on requestSee also Timeline of reproductive rights legislation The table below lists in chronological order the United Nations member states that have legalized abortion on request in at least some initial part of the pregnancy or that have fully decriminalized abortion As of 2023 67 countries have legalized or decriminalized abortion on request NotesWhere a country has legalized abortion on request prohibited it and legalized it again e g former Soviet Union Romania only the later year is included Countries that result from the merger of states where abortion on request was legal at the moment of unification show the year when it became legal across the whole national territory e g Germany Vietnam Similarly countries where not all subnational jurisdictions have legalized abortion on request are not included e g leading to the exclusion of Australia Mexico the United Kingdom and the United States Countries are counted even if they were not yet independent at the time The year refers to when the relevant law or judicial decision came into force which may be different from the year when it was approved Year legalized Countries CpY CC1955 nbsp Armenia nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Belarus nbsp Estonia nbsp Georgia nbsp Kazakhstan nbsp Kyrgyzstan nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Moldova nbsp Russia nbsp Tajikistan nbsp Turkmenistan nbsp Ukraine nbsp Uzbekistan as part of the Soviet Union 15 151957 nbsp China 14 a b nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Slovakia as part of Czechoslovakia c 3 181965 nbsp Cuba 1 191973 nbsp Denmark nbsp Tunisia 20 2 211974 nbsp Singapore nbsp Sweden 2 231975 nbsp Austria nbsp France d nbsp Vietnam e 3 261977 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Croatia nbsp Montenegro nbsp North Macedonia nbsp Serbia nbsp Slovenia as part of Yugoslavia 6 321978 nbsp Italy nbsp Luxembourg 2 341979 nbsp Norway f g 1 351983 nbsp Turkey 1 361984 nbsp Netherlands h 1 371986 nbsp Cape Verde nbsp Greece 2 391988 nbsp Canada 1 401989 nbsp Mongolia 27 1 411990 nbsp Belgium nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Romania 3 441992 nbsp Germany i 1 451993 nbsp Guinea Bissau 28 29 1 461995 nbsp Guyana 1 471996 nbsp Albania j 1 481997 nbsp Cambodia nbsp South Africa 2 502002 nbsp Nepal nbsp Switzerland 2 522007 nbsp Portugal 1 532010 nbsp Spain 1 542012 nbsp Sao Tome and Principe 31 nbsp Uruguay 2 562015 nbsp Mozambique k 1 572018 nbsp Cyprus 1 582019 nbsp Iceland nbsp Ireland l 2 602020 nbsp New Zealand 1 612021 nbsp Argentina m nbsp South Korea nbsp Thailand 3 642022 nbsp Colombia nbsp San Marino 2 662023 nbsp Finland 1 67International lawThere are no international or multinational treaties that deal directly with abortion but human rights law and International criminal law touch on the issues The Nuremberg Military Tribunal decided the case of United States v Greifelt and Others 1948 on the basis that abortion was a crime within its jurisdiction according to the law defining crimes against humanity and thus within its definition of murder and extermination 35 The Catholic Church remains highly influential in Latin America and opposes the legalisation of abortion 36 The American Convention on Human Rights which in 2013 had 23 Latin American parties declares human life as commencing with conception In Latin America abortion on request is only legal in Cuba 1965 Uruguay 2012 37 Argentina 2021 34 Colombia 2022 38 and in parts of Mexico 39 40 Abortions are completely banned in the Dominican Republic El Salvador Honduras and Nicaragua and only allowed in certain restricted circumstances in most other Latin American nations 36 In the 2010 case of A B and C v Ireland the European Court of Human Rights found that the European Convention on Human Rights did not include a right to an abortion In 2005 the United Nations Human Rights Committee UN HRC ordered Peru to compensate a woman known as K L for denying her a medically indicated abortion this was the first time a United Nations Committee had held any country accountable for not ensuring access to safe legal abortion and the first time the committee affirmed that abortion is a human right 41 K L received the compensation in 2016 41 In the 2016 case of Mellet v Ireland the UN HRC found Ireland s abortion laws violated International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights because Irish law banned abortion in cases of fatal fetal abnormalities National lawsWhile abortions are legal at least under certain conditions in almost all countries these conditions vary widely According to a United Nations UN report with data gathered up to 2019 42 abortion is allowed in 98 of countries in order to save a woman s life Other commonly accepted reasons are preserving physical 72 or mental health 69 in cases of rape or incest 61 and in cases of fetal impairment 61 Performing an abortion because of economic or social reasons is accepted in 37 of countries Performing abortion only on the basis of a woman s request is allowed in 34 of countries including in Canada most European countries and China 42 The exact scope of each legal ground also varies For example the laws of some countries cite health risks and fetal impairment as general grounds for abortion and allow a broad interpretation of such terms in practice while other countries restrict them to a specific list of medical conditions or subcategories Many countries 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 social economic rape or incest reasons and more for fetal impairment or threats to the woman s health or life 42 26 In some countries additional procedures must be followed before the abortion can be carried out even if the basic grounds for it are met How strictly all of the procedures dictated in the legislation are followed in practice is another matter For example in the United Kingdom a Care Quality Commission s report in 2012 found that several NHS clinics were circumventing the law using forms pre signed by one doctor thus allowing abortions to patients who only met with one doctor 43 Roe V Wade has been established in the US for almost 50 years put into motion in 1973 before its overturn in 2022 due to Dobbs v Jackson This ruling made abortion access not a constitutional right The decision most of which was leaked in early May means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately with more restrictions likely to follow For all practical purposes abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country 1 13 States Arkansas Idaho Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah and Wyoming enacted a trigger law which placed an immediate but varying statewide abortion ban immediately following the overturning These trigger laws were designed specifically to take effect immediately upon the fall of the Roe precedent Other states were bans are in effect after 6 weeks gestation including Idaho Tennessee and Texas have similar laws which would take effect after 30 days of the overturning 2 44 Pill abortion access is legal in 36 states However a lawsuit in Texas is currently against the production and distribution of this Abortion pill misoprostol The ban would affect millions of women in the US who cannot access a medical procedural abortion due to a state ban The group suing the FDA has asked for a preliminary injunction to take one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion mifepristone off the market while the case plays out 3 This will effectively cause a nationwide ban of pill abortion if granted 45 Summary tables Legend permitted In many cases abortion is permitted only up to a certain gestational age If this limit is known and does not vary by subdivision it is shown instead of permitted permitted with complex legality or practicevaries by subdivisionprohibited with complex legality or practiceprohibitedunknown or unclearCountries The table below summarizes the legal grounds for abortion in all United Nations member states and United Nations General Assembly observer states and some countries with limited recognition This table is mostly based on data compiled by the United Nations up to 2019 46 with some updates additions and clarifications citing other sources Legal grounds on which abortion is permitted in independent countries Country Risk to life Risk to health Rape Fetal impairment Economic or social On request nbsp Abkhazia 47 prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Afghanistan permitted n prohibited prohibited prohibited n prohibited n prohibited nbsp Albania 30 22 weeks 22 weeks 22 weeks no limit 22 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Algeria 54 permitted permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Andorra prohibited o prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Angola p permitted permitted 16 weeks permitted prohibited prohibited nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 59 permitted q prohibited r prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Argentina 34 no limit no limit no limit 14 weeks 14 weeks 14 weeks nbsp Armenia 62 permitted permitted permitted permitted 22 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Australia subdivisions no limit no limit permitted no limit permitted varies s nbsp Australian Capital Territory 65 66 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit nbsp Christmas Island t no limit no limit 20 weeks no limit 20 weeks 20 weeks nbsp Cocos Islands u no limit no limit 20 weeks no limit 20 weeks 20 weeks Jervis Bay Territory v no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit nbsp New South Wales 70 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 22 weeks nbsp Norfolk Island w no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit nbsp Northern Territory 74 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit prohibited x nbsp Queensland 75 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 22 weeks nbsp South Australia 76 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 22 weeks and 6 days nbsp Tasmania 77 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 16 weeks nbsp Victoria 78 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 24 weeks nbsp Western Australia 79 y no limit no limit 20 weeks no limit 20 weeks 20 weeks nbsp Austria 81 no limit no limit 3 months z no limit 3 months z 3 months z nbsp Azerbaijan 82 no limit no limit permitted permitted 22 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Bahamas 83 permitted permitted aa prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Bahrain permitted prohibited ab prohibited ab prohibited ab prohibited ab prohibited ab nbsp Bangladesh no limit prohibited ac prohibited ac prohibited ac prohibited ac prohibited ac nbsp Barbados 86 no limit no limit 12 weeks no limit 12 weeks prohibited nbsp Belarus ad no limit no limit 22 weeks no limit 22 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Belgium 90 no limit no limit 14 weeks ae no limit 14 weeks ae 14 weeks ae nbsp Belize no limit no limit prohibited no limit permitted prohibitedCountry Risk to life Risk to health Rape Fetal impairment Economic or social On request nbsp Benin 92 permitted permitted permitted permitted 12 weeks prohibited nbsp Bhutan af 180 days 180 days ag 180 days 180 days ag prohibited prohibited nbsp Bolivia 22 weeks 22 weeks 22 weeks 22 weeks ah prohibited prohibited nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina subdivisions no limit no limit permitted permitted permitted 10 weeks Brcko District ai no limit no limit 20 weeks 20 weeks 10 weeks 10 weeks Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ai no limit no limit 20 weeks 20 weeks 10 weeks 10 weeks nbsp Republika Srpska 98 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 10 weeks nbsp Botswana 99 16 weeks 16 weeks 16 weeks 16 weeks prohibited prohibited nbsp Brazil 22 weeks aj prohibited 22 weeks aj prohibited aj prohibited prohibited nbsp Brunei 104 permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Bulgaria 105 no limit 20 weeks permitted no limit 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Burkina Faso 106 no limit no limit 14 weeks no limit prohibited prohibited nbsp Burundi permitted permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited ak prohibited nbsp Cambodia 108 no limit 12 weeks no limit no limit 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Cameroon 109 permitted 28 weeks 28 weeks prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Canada al subdivisions permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted nbsp Alberta permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 20 weeks nbsp British Columbia permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 23 weeks and 6 days nbsp Manitoba permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 19 weeks and 6 days nbsp New Brunswick permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 16 weeks nbsp Newfoundland and Labrador permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 15 weeks nbsp Northwest Territories permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 19 weeks and 6 days nbsp Nova Scotia permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 16 weeks nbsp Nunavut permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 12 weeks nbsp Ontario permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 23 weeks and 6 days nbsp Prince Edward Island permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 12 weeks and 6 days nbsp Quebec permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 23 weeks and 6 days nbsp Saskatchewan permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 18 weeks and 6 days nbsp Yukon permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted 12 weeks and 6 days nbsp Cape Verde 112 no limit no limit 12 weeks permitted 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Central African Republic 8 weeks prohibited am 8 weeks 8 weeks prohibited prohibited nbsp Chad permitted permitted permitted permitted prohibited prohibited nbsp Chile 114 no limit prohibited 12 weeks an permitted prohibited prohibited nbsp China a 115 116 b permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted nbsp Colombia no limit ao no limit ao no limit ao no limit ao 24 weeks ao 24 weeks ao nbsp Comoros 119 permitted permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibitedCountry Risk to life Risk to health Rape Fetal impairment Economic or social On request nbsp Congo permitted ap prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Costa Rica permitted permitted prohibited aq prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Croatia 123 no limit no limit no limit no limit 10 weeks 10 weeks nbsp Cuba 124 125 no limit 22 weeks no limit 35 weeks 22 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Cyprus 126 permitted permitted 19 weeks permitted 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Czech Republic 127 128 no limit permitted ar 12 weeks no limit 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo permitted as permitted at permitted at permitted at prohibited prohibited nbsp Denmark 132 no limit no limit no limit no limit no limit 12 weeks au nbsp Djibouti 133 134 135 permitted permitted aa prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Dominica 136 permitted prohibited av prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Dominican Republic 138 prohibited aw prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp East Timor ax no limit prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Ecuador permitted permitted permitted ay prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Egypt 146 147 permitted permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp El Salvador 148 prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Equatorial Guinea 149 12 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks prohibited prohibited nbsp Eritrea 150 permitted permitted permitted prohibited az prohibited az prohibited az nbsp Estonia 151 22 weeks 22 weeks 12 weeks ba 22 weeks 12 weeks ba 12 weeks ba nbsp Eswatini 152 permitted permitted permitted permitted prohibited prohibited nbsp Ethiopia 153 154 155 28 weeks 28 weeks 28 weeks 28 weeks prohibited bb prohibitedCountry Risk to life Risk to health Rape Fetal impairment Economic or social On request nbsp Fiji 157 no limit no limit 20 weeks no limit prohibited prohibited nbsp Finland 158 bc no limit no limit 20 weeks 24 weeks 20 weeks 12 weeks nbsp France 160 bd no limit no limit 16 weeks be no limit 16 weeks be 16 weeks be nbsp Gabon 163 10 weeks prohibited bf 10 weeks 10 weeks prohibited prohibited nbsp Gambia 164 165 166 permitted prohibited prohibited permitted prohibited prohibited nbsp Georgia 167 168 22 weeks 22 weeks 22 weeks 22 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Germany no limit no limit 12 weeks 12 weeks bg 12 weeks bg 12 weeks bg nbsp Ghana 28 weeks 28 weeks 28 weeks 28 weeks prohibited prohibited nbsp Greece 171 no limit no limit 19 weeks 24 weeks 12 weeks bh 12 weeks bh nbsp Grenada 172 permitted permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Guatemala 173 174 permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Guinea permitted permitted permitted permitted prohibited prohibited nbsp Guinea Bissau 28 175 permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted nbsp Guyana 176 no limit no limit 16 weeks 16 weeks 8 weeks bi 8 weeks bi nbsp Haiti bj permitted bk prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Honduras 179 prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Hungary no limit 12 weeks bl 12 weeks bl 20 weeks bm 12 weeks bl prohibited nbsp Iceland 181 no limit no limit permitted no limit permitted 22 weeks nbsp India 182 183 no limit 24 weeks 24 weeks 24 weeks bn 24 weeks bo prohibited nbsp Indonesia 184 185 no limit no limit 14 weeks no limit prohibited prohibitedCountry Risk to life Risk to health Rape Fetal impairment Economic or social On request nbsp Iran 186 187 188 4 months 4 months prohibited bp 4 months prohibited prohibited nbsp Iraq permitted bq prohibited br prohibited prohibited br prohibited prohibited nbsp Ireland 194 viability bs viability bs 12 weeks permitted 12 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Israel permitted permitted permitted permitted permitted bt prohibited bt nbsp Italy 196 no limit viability 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days nbsp Ivory Coast permitted prohibited bu permitted prohibited bu prohibited prohibited nbsp Jamaica permitted bv permitted bw prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Japan 203 22 weeks 22 weeks 22 weeks prohibited 22 weeks prohibited nbsp Jordan 204 permitted permitted prohibited prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Kazakhstan 205 206 no limit no limit 22 weeks no limit 22 weeks 12 weeks nbsp Kenya 207 208 permitted permitted permitted bx prohibited prohibited prohibited nbsp Kiribati 211 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