Abortion law: Difference between revisions

'''Note''': In some countries or territories, abortion laws are modified by other laws, [[regulation]]s, [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]]s or [[Judicial opinion|judicial decision]]s. 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 age|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 [[pregnancy from rape|rape]], [[incest]], or [[Socioeconomic status|socioeconomic reason]]s, and more for [[Birth defect|fetal impairment]] or risk to the woman's [[Complications of pregnancy|health]] or [[Maternal death|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 of France|constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Niewiarowski |first1=Erik |title=France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic vote |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/05/france-makes-abortion-a-constitutional-right-in-historic-vote/ |website=PinkNews |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>

Abortion continues to be a [[Abortion debate|controversial subject]] in many societies on [[Religion and abortion|religious]], [[Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate#Philosophical argumentation on the moral issue|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,<ref name=kaiser>{{cite web|title=Abortion Rates Similar In Countries That Legalize, Prohibit Procedure, Study Says|url=http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-rates-similar-in-countries-that-legalize-prohibit-procedure-study-says-102.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323224239/http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-rates-similar-in-countries-that-legalize-prohibit-procedure-study-says-102.html|archive-date=23 March 2014|access-date=23 March 2014|publisher=International Consortium for Medical Abortion (ICMA)}}</ref><ref name="kaiser2">{{Cite journal|last1=Sedgh|first1=Gilda|last2=Henshaw|first2=Stanley|last3=Singh|first3=Susheela|last4=Åhman|first4=Elisabeth|last5=Shah|first5=Iqbal H.|display-authors=|date=13 August 2007|title=Induced abortion: estimated rates and trends worldwide|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61575-X/fulltext|journal=[[The Lancet]]|volume=370|issue=9595|pages=1338–1345|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61575-X|pmid=17933648|s2cid=28458527|url-access=registration|doi-access=}}</ref> due to unavailability of modern [[Birth control|contraceptive]]s in areas where abortion is illegal.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Susheela|first1=Signh|last2=Darroch|first2=Jacqueline E.|last3=Ashford|first3=Lori S.|last4=Vlassoff|first4=Michael|date=2009|title=Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Newborn Health|url=http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/AddingItUp2009.pdf|location=New York|publisher=[[Guttmacher Institute]] and [[United Nations Population Fund]]|pages=17, 19, 27|quote=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 {{cite web|date=November 2010|title=Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health|url=http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-AIU-summary.pdf|publisher=[[Guttmacher Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324101905/http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-AIU-summary.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also according to the study, the number of abortions worldwide is declining due to increased access to contraception.<ref name=kaiser /><ref name=kaiser2 />

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 Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] in 1920, in the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] in July 1921, and then in the whole country.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 November 1920|title=Decree on Women's Healthcare|url=http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/the-new-woman/the-new-woman-texts/on-the-protection-of-womens-health|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218204536/http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/the-new-woman/the-new-woman-texts/on-the-protection-of-womens-health|archive-date=18 December 2021|publisher=People's Commissariat of Health}}</ref><ref name=USSR1995>{{Cite journal|last1=Avdeev|first1=Alexandre|last2=Blum|first2=Alain|last3=Troitskaya|first3=Irina|date=1995|title=The History of Abortion Statistics in Russia and the USSR from 1900 to 1991|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2949057|url-access=registration|journal=Population: An English Selection|volume=7|pages=39–66|jstor=2949057}}</ref> 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 [[Russian Empire|tsarist]] ban on abortion, which treated the practice as [[Unpremeditated murder|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 government 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldman|first=Wendy Z.|title=Women, the State and Revolution: Soviet Family Policy and Social Life, 1917–1936|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD9p0pSBBv4C|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521458160}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=December 2021}} 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]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Overy|first=Richard|title=The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32Vy2Fj4KFUC&pg=PA425|year=2004|publisher= W. W. Norton Company, Inc|isbn=978-0141912240}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Heer|first=David M.|year=1965|title=Abortion, Contraception, and Population Policy in the Soviet Union|journal=Demography|volume=2|pages=531–539|doi=10.2307/2060137|jstor=2060137| s2cid=46960030|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=USSR1995/> 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,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Status of abortion in Japan |journal=IPPF Medical Bulletin |volume=1 |issue=6 |page=3 |year=1967 |pmid=12304993 |url=http://www.popline.org/docs/670118 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090205211120/http://www.popline.org/docs/670118 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-05 |access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref> amended in May 1949 to allow abortions for economic reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eugenic Protection Law in Japan |year=1960 |publisher=Institute of Population Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan |url=https://www.ipss.go.jp/history/EnglishPamphletSeries/pdf/J000008736.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319162944/https://www.ipss.go.jp/history/EnglishPamphletSeries/pdf/J000008736.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=2022-03-19 |access-date=2022-06-26}}</ref> Abortion was legalized in 1952 in [[Yugoslavia]] (on a limited basis{{Which|date=October 2021}}), and again in 1955 in the Soviet Union on request. Some [[Allies of the Soviet Union|Soviet allies]] (Poland, [[Hungary]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Romania]]) legalized abortion in the late 1950s under pressure from the Soviets.{{How|date=August 2021}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=M.|first=Akrivopoulou, Christina|title=Protecting the Genetic Self from Biometric Threats: Autonomy, Identity, and Genetic Privacy: Autonomy, Identity, and Genetic Privacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veafBwAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-4666-8154-5|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=veafBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA160 160]}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Abortion Act 1967|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 [[German Federal Constitutional Court abortion decision|struck down]] a law legalizing abortion, holding that they contradict the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|constitution]]'s [[human rights]] guarantees. In 1976, a law was adopted which enabled abortions up to 12 weeks. After [[German reunification|Germany's reunification]], despite the legal status of abortion in [[East Germany|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 [[Gestational age (obstetrics)|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 [[Fertilisation|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."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campo|first=Juan Eduardo|title=Encyclopedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-2696-8|page=[https://books.google.com/books/about/Encyclopedia_of_Islam.html?id=OZbyz_Hr–eIC&pg=PA7 7]}}</ref>

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 [[jurisdiction]]s have legalized abortion on request are not included (e.g., leading to the exclusion of [[Australia]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. Countries where abortion on request was once legalized nationwide but has since been prohibited in at least part of the country, andsuch as the [[United States]]) and [[Poland]], are also excluded. 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.

* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdnhI-FRWmAC&pg=PA22 | isbn=9781134349760 | title=Fertility, Family Planning and Population Policy in China | date=16 December 2005 | publisher=Routledge}}</ref>{{efn|name=cn}}{{efn|name=cn2|In 2021, the Chinese government issued guidelines reducing "non-medically necessary" abortions as a "step toward women's development".<ref>[http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2021-09/27/content_5639412.htm 国务院关于印发中国妇女发展纲要和中国儿童发展纲要的通知], Government of the People's Republic of China, 2021 {{in lang|zh}}.</ref> The guidelines do not provide detail on what a "non-medically necessary" abortion is, nor what specific policies the government has planned to achieve this goal.<ref>Yaqiu, Wang (27 September 2021). [https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/09/27/beijing-reduce-non-medically-necessary-abortions "Beijing to Reduce 'Non-Medically Necessary' Abortions"]. [[Human Rights Watch]].</ref><ref>Ahmed, Kaamil (27 September 2021). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/27/china-to-limit-abortions-for-non-medical-purposes "China to clamp down on abortions for 'non-medical purposes'"]. ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref>}} ({{flag+link|Abortion in|Czech Republic}} {{flag+link|Abortion in|Slovakia}} (as part of [[Czechoslovakia]]){{efn|The law from 1957 legalizing the abortion on request was limited in 1962 when additional approval for each abortion had to be obtained from so called Abort Commission (which rejected about 15% of the requests). The Abort Commissions were abolished by law in 1986. Until 1993 each approved abortion was paid by state.<ref name="renamed_from_1957_on_20230412104558">{{cite web |title=Zákon č. 68/1957 Sb., o umělém přerušení těhotenství |url=https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1957-68 |website=Zákony pro lidi |access-date=12 April 2023 |language=Czech |date=1957}}</ref><ref name="potratovost">{{cite web |title=Vývoj potratovosti v České republice 2003 - 2014 |url=https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20562549/13008315a01.pdf/37bea5ec-f3b9-4a36-8804-d2dcb4b117c8?version=1.0 |website=Český statistický úřad |access-date=12 April 2023 |date=2014}}</ref>}}

| style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|Abortion in|Singapore}}| {{flag+link|Abortion in|Sweden}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Abkhazia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>"О здравоохранении" [On Health Care]. [http://presidentofabkhazia.org/upload/iblock/c55/14-Закон%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%20%D0%A0%D0%90%20%D0%9E%20%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B820РА%D020О%B820здравоохранении.pdf ''Article 40, Law of 29 January 2016''] {{in lang|ru}}. [[People's Assembly of Abkhazia]].</ref> || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Afghanistan|pref=Abortion in|Afghanistan}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=af|The law of the [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] consisted primarily of [[statutory law]] and a limited use of [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]].<ref>[https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Afghanistan_2004.pdf Afghanistan's Constitution of 2004], Constitute.</ref> The Afghan penal code criminalized abortion and only removed the penalty if the abortion was prescribed by a doctor to save the woman's life,<ref>[https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4c58395a2.pdf Penal Code], Government of the Republic of Afghanistan, 7 October 1976.</ref><ref>[https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/598034855221CE85C12582480054D831/TEXT/2017%20Penal%20Code_OG.PDF Penal Code], Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 15 May 2017 {{in lang|ps|prs}}.</ref> but other sources said that Afghanistan also allowed abortion in case of fetal impairment,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hasrat-Nazimi|first=Waslat|date=5 May 2012|title=Afghan women use abortion as a way out|url=https://www.dw.com/en/afghan-women-use-abortion-as-a-way-out/a-17612865|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> and rarely for economic reasons if accepted by a religious council.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Engel Rasmussen|first1=Sune|last2=Faizi|first2=Fatima|date=26 April 2017|title='I am a criminal. What is my crime?': the human toll of abortion in Afghanistan|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/apr/26/human-toll-abortion-afghanistan|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> After the [[2021 Taliban offensive]], the new government announced its intention to implement [[Sharia|Islamic law]] exclusively, and it is unclear which legal grounds for abortion it accepts.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/23/hold-the-taliban-and-sharia-law-in-afghanistan Explainer: The Taliban and Islamic law in Afghanistan], Al Jazeera, 23 August 2021.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=af}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=af}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Albania|pref=Abortion in|Albania}}<ref name=al>"Për ndërprerjen e shtatëzënësisë" [On the Interruption of Pregnancy]. [https://qbz.gov.al/eli/ligj/1995/12/07/8045 ''Law No. 8045 of 27 December 1995''] {{in lang|sq}}. [[Parliament of Albania]].</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Algeria|pref=Abortion in|Algeria}}<ref>[http://www.santemaghreb.com/algerie/recueil_txt_regl.pdf Collection of Regulatory Texts relative to the Management of Health Establishments], Med Ould-Kada, December 2020. Law 85-05 of 16 February 1985 regarding the protection and promotion of health. Article 72 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Andorra|pref=Abortion in|Andorra}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The UN source says that this ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].<ref>[http://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/LAO/article_VII/legislation_database/AD_Codi%20Penal%2023-03-05%20i%20altres%20Bopa17-025.pdf Law 9/2005, of 21 February, qualified of the Penal code], Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra, number 25, year 17, 23 March 2005. Articles 27, 107–109 {{in lang|ca}}.</ref> However, other sources say that abortion is not legally allowed under any circumstance in Andorra.<ref name="Bernhard 2019">{{Cite news|last=Bernhard|first=Meg|date=22 October 2019|title=Andorra's abortion rights revolution|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/andorras-abortion-rights-revolution|work=[[Politico Europe]]|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Angola|pref=Abortion in|Angola}}{{efn|The UN source incorrectly shows Angola as allowing abortion on request, citing a penal code draft from 2014 that did not become law.<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Angola-Penal-Code-2014.pdf Penal code draft], Global Abortion Policies Database, World Health Organization {{in lang|pt}}.</ref> The version of the penal code enacted in 2020 and entered into force in 2021 allows abortion only in certain circumstances.<ref>[https://plataformacipra.gov.ao/public/ficheiros/arquivos/Gov_AngolaLegisla%C3%A7%C3%A3o982801221101131643367673.pdf Law that approves the Angolan Penal Code], Journal of the Republic of Angola, 11 November 2020. Articles 154–158 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Antigua and Barbuda|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-216.pdf Infant Life (Preservation) Act], Laws of Antigua and Barbuda.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}}{{efn|A 2001 UN source says that abortion must be performed within the first 16 weeks and that it may be permitted after this period under very exceptional circumstances.<ref name=ag>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051227114327fw_/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/antigua1.doc Antigua and Barbuda], Population Policy Data Bank, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2001. Archived from [http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/antigua1.doc the original] on 27 December 2005.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Before [[Antigua and Barbuda#Independence era|independence]], a [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] in the parent country allowed abortion for this ground, but the decision has not been explicitly recognized by Antigua and Barbuda.<ref name=ag/><ref name=caribbean>{{Cite web|last1=Pheterson|first1=Gail|last2=Azize|first2=Yamila|date=c. 2005|title=Safe Illegal Abortion: An Inter-Island Study in the Northeast Caribbean|url=https://md.rcm.upr.edu/download/safe-illegal-abortion-an-inter-island-study-in-the-northeast-caribbean/?wpdmdl=499&refresh=61946f4fe14e71637117775|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117031500/https://md.rcm.upr.edu/download/safe-illegal-abortion-an-inter-island-study-in-the-northeast-caribbean/?wpdmdl=499&refresh=61946f4fe14e71637117775|archive-date=17 November 2021|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>{{rp|14}}}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Argentina|pref=Abortion in|Argentina}}<ref name=ar>"[[Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill (Argentina)|Acceso a la Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo]]" [Access to Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy]. [http://www.msal.gob.ar/dlsn/categorias/persona-humana/mujer/ley-27610 ''Law No. 27.610 of 30 December 2020''] {{in lang|es}}. [[National Congress of Argentina]].</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Armenia|pref=Abortion in|Armenia}}<ref>[http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1339&lang=arm Law of Armenia on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights], Government of Armenia {{in lang|hy}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Australia|pref=Abortion in|Australia}} [<span class=mw-customtoggle-au style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permittedno limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permittedno limit}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|Abortion for this ground is permitted in all subdivisions except the [[Northern Territory]].<ref name=nswresearch>[https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/researchpapers/Documents/Abortion%20Law.pdf Abortion law: a national perspective], Tom Gotsis and Laura Ismay, NSW Parliamentary Research Service, May 2017, pp. 13, 40. This government publication, reflecting laws up to 2017 (including the Termination of Pregnancy Law Reform Act 2017 in the Northern Territory), lists New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory as the subdivisions of Australia not allowing abortion on request. Since then, laws allowing abortion on request have entered into force in Queensland (2018), New South Wales (2019) and South Australia (2022). The abortion law in the Northern Territory was amended in 2021 but still requires approval by a medical professional based on the same criteria as in 2017, thus it is still not considered as allowing abortion on request.</ref><ref name=conv>[https://theconversation.com/abortion-is-no-longer-a-crime-in-australia-but-legal-hurdles-to-access-remain-156215 Abortion is no longer a crime in Australia. But legal hurdles to access remain], The Conversation, 3 March 2021. "With the exception of the Northern Territory, where abortion remains a medical practitioner's decision regardless of the gestation, and the ACT, where no gestational limits apply, Australian jurisdictions now permit abortion on request up to varying points in a pregnancy."</ref>}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Australian Capital Territory|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1900-40/ Crimes Act 1900], ACT Legislation Register.</ref><ref>[https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1993-13/ Health Act 1993], ACT Legislation Register.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Christmas Island|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|Applies the laws of [[Western Australia]].<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00068 Christmas Island Act 1958], Federal Register of Legislation.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20no weekslimit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20no weekslimit}} || {{yes|2023 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Cocos Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}{{efn|Applies the laws of [[Western Australia]].<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00085 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955], Federal Register of Legislation.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20no weekslimit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20no weekslimit}} || {{yes|2023 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{noflag|[[Abortion in the Jervis Bay Territory|Jervis Bay Territory]]}}{{efn|Applies the laws of the [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00223 Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915], Federal Register of Legislation.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|New South Wales|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2019-011 Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 No 11], NSW legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Norfolk Island|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|Most laws of New South Wales and Queensland, including their abortion laws, are set to apply to Norfolk Island after 2026.<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2023C00532 Norfolk Island Applied Laws Ordinance 2016], Federal Register of Legislation.</ref><ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2023C00201 Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021], Federal Register of Legislation.</ref> The Criminal Code of Norfolk Island, which remains in force in the territory, does not prohibit abortion.<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021Q00023 Criminal Code 2007 (NI)], Federal Register of Legislation.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Northern Territory|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref name=aunt>[https://legislation.nt.gov.au/en/Legislation/TERMINATION-OF-PREGNANCY-LAW-REFORM-ACT-2017 Termination of Pregnancy Law Reform Act 2017], Northern Territory Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=aunt|Abortion up to 24 weeks may be performed if the medical practitioner considers the abortion is appropriate in all the circumstances, having regard to all relevant medical circumstances, the woman's current and future physical, psychological and social circumstances, and professional standards and guidelines. Later abortion may be performed, if two medical practitioners consider the abortion is appropriate in all the circumstances, having regard to the mentioned matters.<ref name=aunt/> These criteria are not considered as allowing abortion on request.<ref name=nswresearch/><ref name=conv/>}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Queensland|pref=Abortion in|Queensland}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2018-023 Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018], Queensland Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|South Australia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/A/TERMINATION%20OF%20PREGNANCY%20ACT%202021.aspx Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021], South Australian Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks and 6 days}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Tasmania|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.tas.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2013-072 Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013], Tasmanian Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Victoria|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/abortion-law-reform-act-2008 Abortion Law Reform Act 2008], Victorian Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Western Australia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/law_a343law_a147114.html Public Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19112016], Western Australian Legislation.</ref>{{efn|On 20Sections September 2023, the [[Parliament of Western Australia]] passed a law202MC to allow abortion on request up to 23 weeks of pregnancy, and with no gestational limit in case of medical and social circumstances. The law received [[royal assent]] on 27 September 2023 and awaits a proclamation to [[enter into force]].<ref>[https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?openForm&ParentUNID=9D7ECED888BE9ED3482589D4001FA98A Abortion Legislation Reform Bill 2023], Parliament of Western Australia202ME.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20no weekslimit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20no weekslimit}} || {{yes|2023 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Austria|pref=Abortion in|Austria}}<ref>[https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10002296 Criminal Code], Federal Legal Information System of Austria. Sections 96–98 {{in lang|de}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Azerbaijan|pref=Abortion in|Azerbaijan}}<ref>[http://sehiyye.gov.az/ehalinin_saqlamliqi_qorunmasi_haqqinda_qanun.html Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Protection of Public Health], [[Ministry of Healthcare (Azerbaijan)|Ministry of Public Health]] {{in lang|az}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Bahamas|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1873/1873-0015/PenalCode_1.pdf Penal Code], Statute Law of the Bahamas. Article 313.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=therapeutic}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Bahrain|pref=Abortion in|Bahrain}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bh|The UN source marks it as a legal ground because the Penal Code explicitly prohibits abortion only if performed without the consent of the woman and of a medical practitioner.<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01b-Bahrain-PenalCode-EN-1976.pdf Bahrain Penal Code, 1976], Global Abortion Policies Database, World Health Organization.</ref> However, the decree regulating medical practice prohibits abortion unless the pregnancy threatens the woman's life.<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/02b-Bahrain-Legislative-Decree-English-1989.pdf Legislative decree no. 7 for 1989 on the practice of human medicine and dentistry], Ministry of Health of Bahrain, Global Abortion Policies Database, World Health Organization.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bh}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bh}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bh}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bh}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Bangladesh|pref=Abortion in|Bangladesh}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bd|The UN source does not explicitly mark this legal ground for abortion but says that "[[Abortion in Bangladesh#Menstrual regulation|Menstrual regulation]] is available on request for women with a last menstrual period of 10 weeks or less."<ref name=UN2019data/>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bd}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bd}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bd}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=bd}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Barbados|pref=Abortion in|Barbados}}<ref>[http://104.238.85.55/en/ShowPdf/44A.pdf Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act], Government of Barbados, 10 May 1983.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Belarus|pref=Abortion in|Belarus}}{{efn|The law permits abortion for medical reasons without gestational limit, for social reasons up to 22 weeks of gestation, and on request up to 12 weeks of gestation.<ref>[https://pravo.by/document/?guid=3871&p0=v19302435 Law of the Republic of Belarus on health care], National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus {{in lang|ru}}.</ref> By regulation, fetal impairment is included as a medical reason,<ref>[https://pravo.by/upload/docs/op/W21429399_1419368400.pdf Resolution of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus on the establishment of a list of medical indications for artificial termination of pregnancy], National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, 24 December 2014 {{in lang|ru}}.</ref> and rape is included as a social reason.<ref>[https://pravo.by/document/?guid=3961&p0=C20801580 Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on the establishment of a list of social indications for artificial termination of pregnancy], National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus {{in lang|ru}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Belgium|pref=Abortion in|Belgium}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2018101503&table_name=loi|title=LOI – WET|website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}{{efn|name=be|Defined as 12 weeks from conception, considered as 14 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref>[https://www.belgium.be/fr/famille/enfants/planning_familial Family planning], Belgian Federal Public Service {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}{{efn|name=be}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}{{efn|name=be}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Belize|pref=Abortion in|Belize}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Benin|pref=Abortion in|Benin}}<ref>[https://sgg.gouv.bj/doc/loi-2021-12/ Law no. 2012-12 of 20 December 2021], General Secretariat of the Government of Benin {{in lang|fr}}. Published on 7 January 2022.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Bhutan|pref=Abortion in|Bhutan}}{{efn|The penal code prohibits abortion except to save the woman's life, when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, or when the woman is of unsound mental condition.<ref name=bt1>[https://www.judiciary.gov.bt/forms/PENAL%20CODE.pdf Penal Code of Bhutan], Judiciary of Bhutan.</ref> Guidelines for health workers mention grounds of risk to the woman's health and fetal impairment, and define a gestational limit of 180 days.<ref name=bt2>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/03-Bhutan-Standard-Guidelines-on-Management-of-Complications-of-Abortion-Ministry-of-Health.pdf Standard Guidelines for the Health Workers on Management of Complication of Abortion], Ministry of Health of Bhutan.</ref>}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Bolivia|pref=Abortion in|Bolivia}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|This ground is established by a regulation implementing a judicial decision, although it is not mentioned in the decision itself or in the law.<ref>[https://www.comunidad.org.bo/assets/archivos/herramienta/3268d0d95eb0330b3f3eef1cb4024bcc.pdf Technical procedure for the provision of health services in the framework of the Plurinational Constitutional Sentence 0206/2014], Ministry of Health of Bolivia, 2015. {{in lang|es}}</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Bosnia and Herzegovina|pref=Abortion in}} [<span class=mw-customtoggle-ba style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{noflag|[[Abortion in Brčko District|Brčko District]]}}{{efn|name=ba|Continues to apply the abortion law of the [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>[https://ba.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/ljudska_prava_u_oblasti_seksualnog_i_reproduktivnog_zdravlja_u_bih.pdf Human rights in the field of sexual and reproductive health in Bosnia and Herzegovina], Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Nations Population Fund, January 2021 {{in lang|sh}}.</ref><ref>[https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llglrd/2019669520/2019669520.pdf Abortion Legislation, Bosnia Herzegovina, Russia, Ukraine], Law Library of Congress, July 2007.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

| {{noflag|[[Abortion in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]}}{{efn|name=ba}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Republika Srpska|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.narodnaskupstinars.net/?q=la/akti/usvojeni-zakoni/zakon-o-uslovima-i-postupku-za-prekid-trudno%C4%87e Law on the conditions and procedure for interruption of pregnancy], National Assembly of Republika Srpska.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Botswana|pref=Abortion in|Botswana}}<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/61336/92021/F138317428/BWA61336.pdf Penal Code], Government of Botswana. Article 160.</ref> || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Brazil}} ||pref=Abortion {{yes2|22 weeksin}}{{efn|name=br|The penal code criminalizes abortion and only removes the penalty if the abortion is done to save the woman's life or if the pregnancy is the result of rape.<ref name=br1>[http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto-lei/del2848compilado.htm Penal Code], Decree-Law no. 2848, of 7 December 1940, Presidency of Brazil. Articles 124 to 128 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref><ref name=br2>[https://www.defensoria.sp.def.br/documents/20122/ec2f6b24-3f15-5ec7-e7bd-7c55fdc4df1d Reproductive rights: legal abortion], Public Defenders' Office of the State of São Paulo, December 2023 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=br|The penal code criminalizes abortion except if done to save the woman's life or if the pregnancy is the result of rape.<ref name=br1/> Due to a [[ADPF 54|decision by the Supreme Federal Court]], abortion is also permitted in case of [[anencephaly]], and it may also be authorized by court order in other fatal cases of fetal impairment.<ref>[https://www.defensoria.sp.def.br/dpesp/repositorio/0/AbortoLegal%20(5).pdf Reproductive rights: legal abortion], Public Defenders' Office of the State of São Paulo, July 2018 {{in lang|pt}}.<name=br2/ref><ref>[https://www.conjur.com.br/2020-jan-20/malformacao-inviabiliza-vida-bebe-justifica-aval-aborto Malformation that renders baby's life inviable justifies authorization for abortion, judge decides], Consultor Jurídico, 20 January 2020 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref><ref>[https://ibdfam.org.br/index.php/noticias/7605/Mulher+consegue+autoriza%C3%A7%C3%A3o+judicial+para+interromper+gravidez+de+risco Woman obtains judicial authorization to interrupt risky pregnancy], Brazilian Family Law Institute, 11 August 2020 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=br}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=br}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Brunei|pref=Abortion in|Brunei}}<ref>[http://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LAWS/Gazette_PDF/2013/EN/s069.pdf Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013], Brunei Darussalam Government Gazette, 22 October 2013. Articles 158–164.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Bulgaria|pref=Abortion in|Bulgaria}}<ref>[https://www.lex.bg/mobile/ldoc/-552069119 Ordinance no. 2 of 1 February 1990 on the conditions and procedure for artificial termination of pregnancy], Lex.bg {{in lang|bg}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Burkina Faso|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://academiedepolice.bf/index.php/telechargement/category/38-codes?download=163:la-loi-portant-code-penal Law no. 025-018/AN bearing the penal code], Police Academy of Burkina Faso. Articles 513-10 to 513–19 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Burundi|pref=Abortion in|Burundi}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The penal code says that social demands are taken into account in a conviction for abortion.<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/110597/137609/F-831780004/BDI-110597.pdf Law no. 1/27 of 29 December 2017 bearing revision of the penal code], President of the Republic of Burundi. Article 534 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> It is unclear if this circumstance reduces the penalty or may remove it.}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Cambodia|pref=Abortion in|Cambodia}}<ref>"Royal Kram on Abortion". [http://moh.gov.kh/content/uploads/Laws_and_Regulations/Law/Law%20on%20Abortion%20Eng.pdf ''Royal Kram of 6 October 1997'']. [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|National Assembly of Cambodia]].</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Cameroon|pref=Abortion in|Cameroon}}<ref>[https://www.minsante.cm/site/sites/default/files/Normes%20%26%20Standards%20en%20SR-PF%20au%20%20Cameroun.pdf Norms and Standards in Reproductive Health-Family Planning in Cameroon], Ministry of Health of Cameroon, 2018 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Canada|pref=Abortion in|Canada}}{{efn|There is no abortion law in Canada, but its subdivisions and professional bodies have regulations restricting the procedure to various grounds or gestational limits.<ref>[https://nafcanada.org/abortion-coverage-region Abortion Coverage by Region], National Abortion Federation Canada.</ref><ref name=Action>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actioncanadashr.org/resources/factsheets-guidelines/2019-09-19-access-glance-abortion-services-canada|title=Access at a Glance: Abortion Services in Canada &#124; Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights|publisher=Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights|quote=While abortions after 20 weeks are statistically very rare (<2.5% of all abortions), there are people in Canada who require abortion beyond 20 weeks for serious and important reasons. There are only three service locations in Canada that offer abortion up to 23 weeks and 6 days (one in British Columbia, one in Southern Ontario, and one in Quebec). No providers in Canada offer abortion care beyond 23 weeks and 6 days.}}</ref>}} [<span class=mw-customtoggle-ca style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Alberta|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|20 weeks}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|British Columbia|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|23 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Manitoba|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|19 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|New Brunswick|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|16 weeks}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Newfoundland and Labrador|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|15 weeks}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Northwest Territories|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|19 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Nova Scotia|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|16 weeks}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Nunavut|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Ontario|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|23 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Prince Edward Island|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Quebec|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|23 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Saskatchewan|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|18 weeks and 6 days}}

| {{flagFlagg|**p|Yukon|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks and 6 days}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Cape Verde|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Cape-Verde-Law-and-Regulation-on-Voluntary-Interruption-of-Pregnancy-1987.pdf law no. 9/iii/86 & decree no. 7/87 https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/15-Cabo-Verde-Resolution-ratifying-Maputo-Protocol-2005.pdf resolution no. 131/vi/2005 https://www.parlamento.cv/GDRevisoesContitucionais.aspx?ImagemId=30</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in the**p|Central African Republic|pref=Abortion in the}} || {{yes|8 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The penal code says that abortion may be permitted to an underage woman in a state of grave distress up to 8 weeks.<ref>[https://acjr.org.za/resource-centre/penal-code-of-the-central-african-republic-2010/@@download/file/Penal%20Code%20of%20the%20Central%20African%20Republic%20(2010).pdf Penal Code], 2010. Article 79 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|8 weeks}} || {{yes|8 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Chad|pref=Abortion in|Chad}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Chile|pref=Abortion in|Chile}}<ref name=cl>[https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1108237 Law 21,030, Depenalisation of Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy in Three Causes], [[Ministry of Health (Chile)|Ministry of Health of Chile]], 23 September 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|If the woman is under age 14, the gestational limit is 14 weeks.}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|China|pref=Abortion in|China}}{{efn|name=cn|[[Mainland China]].}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.cn/banshi/2005-08/01/content_18943.htm|title=中华人民共和国母婴保健法|website=www.gov.cn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c30834/202109/9ab0af08773c465aa91d95648df2a98a.shtml|title=中华人民共和国人口与计划生育法_中国人大网|website=www.npc.gov.cn}}</ref>{{efn|name=cn2}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Colombia|pref=Abortion in|Colombia}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=co|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by judicial decision.<ref>[https://perso.unifr.ch/derechopenal/assets/files/legislacion/l_20130808_01.pdf Colombian Penal Code (Law 599 of 2000)], compiled by José Fernando Botero Bernal, University of Medellín. Article 122 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref name=co/><ref name=co2>[https://colombiareports.com/colombia-decriminalizes-abortion-in-historic-ruling/ Colombia decriminalizes abortion in historic ruling], Colombia Reports, 21 February 2022.</ref>}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=co}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=co}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=co}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=co}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=co}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Comoros|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.uaipit.com/uploads/legislacion/files/1374835228_6._Law_No.-_082_P_FR.pdf Penal Code], University of Alicante Intellectual Property and Information Technologyart. Article 304 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Congo|pref=Abortion in|Congo the}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=cg|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law.<ref>[https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/0/e6e0f85dc21697e5c12577110045d5bd/$FILE/82296040.pdf/Congo%20-%20Code%20Penal.pdf Penal Code], Ministry of Justice of the Republic of the Congo. Article 317 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is declared to be an integral part of the [[Constitution of the Republic of the Congo|constitution]], says that "Abortion, other than [[Therapeutic abortion|therapeutic]], is prohibited and punishable by law."<ref>[https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G14/429/84/PDF/G1442984.pdf Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, The Republic of the Congo], United Nations, 1 May 2014.</ref> It is unclear whether the therapeutic ground means only to save the woman's life or also to preserve her health. The UN source says that only the ground to save the woman's life is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].<ref name=UN2019report/>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=cg}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Costa Rica|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|A [[Pardon|judicial pardon]] may be granted to the woman for an abortion on this ground.<ref>[https://www.oas.org/dil/esp/codigo_penal_costa_rica.pdf Penal Code], Government of Costa Rica. Article 93 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Croatia|pref=Abortion in|Croatia}}<ref>[https://www.zakon.hr/z/2475/Zakon-o-zdravstvenim-mjerama-za-ostvarivanje-prava-na-slobodno-odlu%C4%8Divanje-o-ra%C4%91anju-djece Law on Health Measures for Exercising the Right to Freely Decide on the Birth of Children], Zakon.hr {{in lang|hr}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Cuba|pref=Abortion in|Cuba}}<ref>[https://salud.msp.gob.cu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RM_24_2004.pdf Ministerial resolution no. 24], Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, 1 April 2004 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Cuba-Methodological-guidelines-for-the-implementation-of-voluntary-termination-of-pregnancy-Ministry-of-Health-2011.pdf Methodological guides for the instrumentation of all types of voluntary termination of pregnancy], Ministry of Public Health of Cuba {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|35 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Cyprus|pref=Abortion in|Cyprus}}<ref>{{cite web|date=16 April 2018|title=ΝΟΜΟΣ ΠΟΥ ΤΡΟΠΟΠΟΙΕΙ ΤΟΝ ΠΟΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ|language=el|trans-title=AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE|website=CyLaw - All Cyprus Bar Association |url=http://www.cylaw.org/nomoi/arith/2018_1_023.pdf|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101003845/http://www.cylaw.org/nomoi/arith/2018_1_023.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|19 weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Czech Republic|pref=Abortion in the|Czech Republic}}<ref>"Zákon České národní rady o umělém přerušení těhotenství" [Act of the Czech National Council on Abortion]. [https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1986-66 ''Act No. 66 of 20 October 1986''] {{in lang|cs}}. [[Czech National Council]].</ref><ref name=cz>"Vyhláška ministerstva zdravotnictví České socialistické republiky, kterou se provádí zákon České národní rady č. 66/1986 Sb., o umělém přerušení těhotenství" [Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Socialist Republic, which implements the Act of the Czech National Council No. 66/1986 Coll., On Abortion]. [https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1986-75 ''Decree No. 75 of 7 November 1986''] {{in lang|cs}}. [[Ministry of Health (Czech Republic)|Ministry of Health]]</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}}{{efn|In some cases, the gestational limit is 12 or 24 weeks.}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Democratic Republic of the Congo|pref=Abortion in the}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]], allowed by regulation and [[Maputo Protocol|established by treaty]].<ref name=cd>[https://leganews.cd/index.php/actualites/judiciaires/1695-l-avortement-d-une-victime-de-viol-est-il-permis-en-droit-congolais Is the abortion of a rape victim permitted in Congolese law?], Leganews.cd, 29 October 2019. {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref>[http://www.leganet.cd/Legislation/Droit%20Public/SANTE/O.70.158.30.04.1970.htm Ordinance 70–158 of 30 April 1970 determining the rules of medical deontology], Leganet.cd. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=cd|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is [[Maputo Protocol|established by treaty]], whose application is requested by the [[Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Constitutional Court]].<ref name=cd/><ref>[http://www.leganet.cd/Legislation/JO/2018/jos.05.06.2018.o.pdf Memorandum no. 04/SPCSM/CFLS/EER/2018 of 6 April 2018 regarding the execution of the provisions of article 14 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa], Official Journal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 5 June 2008. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=cd}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=cd}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Denmark|pref=Abortion in|Denmark}}<ref>[https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/903 Health law], [[Ministry of Health (Denmark)|Ministry of Health of Denmark]], 26 August 2019 {{in lang|da}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|If the woman is of young age or immature and so unable to care for the child in a proper way, no limit is specified.}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Djibouti|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Djibouti/DJ_Code_Penal.pdf Law 59/AN/94 of 5 January 1995 bearing the Penal Code], VERTIC {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[https://ordremedical-dj.webs.com/codededontologie.htm Decree no. 2008-0098/PR/MS regarding the Code of Medical Deontology], National Order of Medical Professions of Djibouti {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[https://human-village.org/spip.php?article174 Abortion in Djibouti], Human Village, April 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=therapeutic|The penal code says that abortion is permitted for [[Therapeutic abortion|therapeutic purposes]] but is unclear whether it means only to save the woman's life or also to preserve her health. The UN source marks it as a permitted ground.}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Dominica|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/chapters/chap10-31.pdf Offences Against the Person Act], Government of Dominica, version of 1995. Sections 8, 56, 57.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Before independence, a [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] in the parent country allowed abortion for this ground, but the decision has not been explicitly recognized by Dominica.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051227114327fw_/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/domini1.doc Dominica], Population Policy Data Bank, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2001. Archived from [http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/domini1.doc the original] on 27 December 2005.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in the**p|Dominican Republic|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 December 2021|title=Los diputados dominicanos rechazan ley polémica por el aborto|language=es|trans-title=Dominican deputies reject controversial abortion law|publisher=[[Swissinfo]]|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/r-dominicana-aborto_los-diputados-dominicanos-rechazan-ley-pol%C3%A9mica-por-el-aborto/47199790|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The UN source says that this ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]]. However, other sources say that abortion is not legally allowed under any circumstance in the Dominican Republic.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/11/19/its-your-decision-its-your-life/total-criminalization-abortion-dominican-republic The total criminalization of abortion in the Dominican Republic], Human Rights Watch, 19 November 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/06/republica-dominicana-camara-de-diputados-pone-en-riesgo-la-vida-y-salud-de-millones-de-mujeres-y-ninas/ Presa Release: Dominican Republic: Chamber of Deputies puts life and health of millions of women and girls at risk], [[Amnesty International]], 20 June 2021.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|East Timor|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|The UN source shows East Timor as allowing abortion also in case of risk to the woman's health or fetal impairment, citing the penal code enacted in March 2009 and entered into force in June 2009.<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Timor-Leste-Penal-Code-2009.pdf Penal code of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste], Global Abortion Policies Database, World Health Organization.</ref><ref name=tl>[http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal/files/Codigo_Penal.pdf Penal Code], Court of Appeals of East Timor, March 2010 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref> However, the penal code was amended in July 2009 to restrict abortion only to save the woman's life.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40449618_Attitudes_towards_the_legal_context_of_unsafe_abortion_in_Timor-Leste Attitudes towards the legal context of unsafe abortion in Timor-Leste], Suzanne Belton, Andrea Whittaker, Zulmira Fonseca, Tanya Wells-Brown, and Patricia Pais, ''Reproductive Health Matters'' 17(34):55–64, November 2009.</ref><ref name=tl/><ref>[https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338768/factsheet-timor%20leste-eng.pdf Abortion Policy Landscape: Timor Leste], World Health Organization.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Ecuador|pref=Abortion in|Ecuador}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is explicitly mentioned in the law only in case of rape of a woman with a mental disability, but it is also established by judicial decision in case of rape of any woman.<ref name=ec/>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Egypt|pref=Abortion in|Egypt}}<ref>"قانون العقوبات" [Penal Code]. [https://manshurat.org/node/14677 ''Article 61 and Chapter 3, Law 58 of 1937''] {{in lang|ar}}. [[Parliament of Egypt]]. With amendments as 15 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211103044104/https://www.ems.org.eg/userfiles/file/kanon/leha_eng.doc Profession Ethics Regulations]. Archived from [http://www.ems.org.eg/userfiles/file/kanon/leha_eng.doc the original] on 3 November 2021.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|El Salvador|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/salvadoran-president-rules-out-allowing-abortion-same-sex-marriage-2021-09-17/ Salvadoran president rules out allowing abortion, same-sex marriage], Reuters, 17 September 2021.</ref> || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Equatorial Guinea|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.guineasalud.org/archivos/Ordenes/Ley%20Num_4-2020.pdf ''Chapter 3, Section 1, Law No. 4 of 5 November 2020''] {{in lang|es}}. [[Parliament of Equatorial Guinea]].</ref> || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Eritrea|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Andemariam|first=Senai W.|date=2015|title=PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF ERITREA|website=Ref World|url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/55a51ccc4.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918231843/https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/55a51ccc4.pdf}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=er|Abortion is permitted if the woman is under age 18.}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=er}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=er}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Estonia|pref=Abortion in|Estonia}}<ref name=ee>[https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/925400 Abortion and Sterilization Act, amended up to 2005], [[Riigi Teataja]], 25 November 1998.</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=ee|If the woman is under age 15 or over age 45, the gestational limit is 22 weeks.}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=ee}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=ee}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Eswatini|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216604707|format=PDF|title=Swaziland National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights|website=Researchgate.net|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Ethiopia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/et/et011en.pdf book.v, title.1, chapter.1, section.2</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2020|author=Dr. Yirgu Gebrehiwoth|title=Federal Ministry of Health - National Norms & Guidelines for Safe Abortion Services in Ethiopia second edition - original 2013/2014 modified 2018|website=St. Paul's Hospital, Addis Ababa|url=https://www.spirhr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/03-Ethiopia-Technical-and-procedural-guidelines-for-safe-abortion-services-2014.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101013602/https://www.spirhr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/03-Ethiopia-Technical-and-procedural-guidelines-for-safe-abortion-services-2014.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pascar.org/uploads/files/Ethiopia_-_General_Hospital_CPG.PDF|title=p.616|website=Pascar.org|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref> || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|extreme poverty<ref>criminal code art.550</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Fiji|pref=Abortion in|Fiji}}<ref>[https://www.steptoe.com/images/content/2/3/v1/2393/3984.pdf Crimes decree 2009], Republic of Fiji Islands Government Gazette, 5 November 2009. Section 234.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Finland|pref=Abortion in|Finland}}{{efn|name=fi|Including [[Åland]].<ref>[https://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1991/en19911144.pdf Act on the autonomy of Åland], [[Finlex]], May 2014.</ref>}}<ref>[https://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/1970/19700239 Law No. 239/1970 on Termination of Pregnancy], [[Finlex]] {{in lang|sv}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|France|pref=Abortion in|France}}<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000006072665/LEGISCTA000006140611 Voluntary interruption of pregnancy], Public Health Code articles L2211-1 to L2223-2, Légifrance {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>{{efn|Including [[Overseas France]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000006072665/LEGISCTA000006140613 Mayotte, Wallis and Futuna Islands and French Southern and Antarctic Lands, New Caledonia and French Polynesia], Public Health Code articles L2421-1 to L2446-3, Légifrance {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}}{{efn|name=fr|Defined as 14 weeks of pregnancy, considered as 16 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref>[https://ivg.gouv.fr/quels-sont-les-delais-a-respecter-pour-avorter.html What are the deadlines to abort?], [[Minister of Health (France)|Ministry of Health and of Prevention of France]], 21 July 2022 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}}{{efn|name=fr}} || {{yes|16 weeks}}{{efn|name=fr}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Gabon|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://33bbf3d5-c3fe-409d-a723-d22ea129e9a0.usrfiles.com/ugd/33bbf3_a21b940230be4adbb8be48927b9dc92b.pdf Penal Code], Official Journal of the Gabonese Republic, 30 June 2020. Title X {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The penal code says that abortion may be permitted to an underage woman in a state of grave distress up to 10 weeks.}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Gambia|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[https://www.hhrjournal.org/2019/12/the-gambias-political-transition-to-democracy-is-abortion-reform-possible/ The Gambia's Political Transition to Democracy: Is Abortion Reform Possible?], Satang Nabaneh, Health and Human Rights, 9 December 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=75289 Criminal Code (Act No. 25 of 1933)], Gambia, International Labour Organization. Chapter XV, sections 140–142, and chapter XX, sections 198–199.</ref><ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/MONOGRAPH/90619/115464/F-1335047347/GMB90619.pdf Women's Act, 2010], Office of the Vice President and Ministry for Women Affairs of Gambia, July 2010. Section 30.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Georgia|pref=Abortion in|Georgia}}<ref>[https://www.matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/download/29980/33/en/pdf Law of Georgia on health care], Legislative Herald of Georgia, version of 8 August 2014.</ref><ref>[https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/2514236 On the approval of the rules for the implementation of abortion], Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, 7 October 2014 {{in lang|ka}}.</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Germany|pref=Abortion in|Germany}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes2|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=de|The criminal code specifies that abortion is not deemed an offence if the woman requests it, she has obtained counselling, and it is done by a physician within 12 weeks from conception. (Also, the woman is not punished for an abortion within 22 weeks if the other conditions are fulfilled.) The woman's living conditions are also taken into account in the indication of a serious risk to her health.<ref name=de/><ref>[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html German Criminal Code], Federal Office of Justice of Germany. Section 218a.</ref>}} || {{yes2|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=de}} || {{yes2|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=de}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Ghana|pref=Abortion in|Ghana}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Greece|pref=Abortion in|Greece}}<ref>[https://www.ministryofjustice.gr/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82Ποινικός-%CE%9A%CF%8E%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82Κώδικας.pdf Penal code], Ministry of Justice of Greece, 27 August 2019 {{in lang|el}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|19 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=gr|If the woman is a minor or incapable of resisting, the gestational limit is 19 weeks.}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=gr}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Grenada|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Grenada/GD_Criminal_Code.PDF Criminal Code]. Articles 234, 250(2).</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Guatemala|pref=Abortion in|Guatemala}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mcd.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Actualizaci%C3%B3n_del_Codigo_Penal_Decreto_17-73.pdf|title=chapter 3|website=Mcd.gob.gt|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} https://clacaidigital.info/bitstream/handle/123456789/390/GuiaHemorragia1y2trimestre.pdf</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Guinea|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Guinea-Bissau|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=gw>[https://www.pjguinebissau.com/download/codigo-penal-da-guine-bissau/ Penal Code of Guinea-Bissau], Judicial Police of Guinea-Bissau, 20 May 2019. Article 112 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/GW/RightHealthGuineaBissau_EN.pdf Report on the Right to Health in Guinea-Bissau], Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, April 2017, pages 14–15.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Guyana|pref=Abortion in|Guyana}}<ref>[http://parliament.gov.gy/new2/documents/acts/6013-7_of_1995_medical_termination_of_pregnancy_act_1995.pdf The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act], Parliament of Guyana.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|8 weeks}}{{efn|name=gy|If the woman is [[HIV-positive people|HIV-positive]] or contraception failure, the gestational limit is 16 weeks.}} || {{yes|8 weeks}}{{efn|name=gy}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Haiti|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|A new penal code, published by presidential decree on 24 June 2020, would allow abortion on request in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy., Theand codein iscase setof risk to takethe effectwoman's onphysical 24or Junemental 2024health, unlessrape modifiedor before thenincest.<ref>[{{cite web |url=https://www.lefigarohaitilibre.frcom/flash-actudocs/verscode-une-depenalisation-de-l-avortement-enpenal-haiti-202007162022.pdf Toward|title=Décret, aCode decriminalisationpénal of|trans-title=Decree, abortionPenal incode Haiti],|at=Articles 328 and 329 |publisher=Le Figaro,Moniteur 16|date=24 JulyJune 2020 {{in lang|language=fr}}.</ref> The code is set to take effect on 19 June 2025 unless modified before then.<ref>[{{cite web |url=https://www.lenationalrhinews.orgcom/post_article.php?polactualites/lentree-en-vigueur-des-codes-penal-et-de-procedure-penale-a-nouveau-deferee/ |title=2345L'entrée Towarden avigueur postponementdes ofcodes thepénal et de procédure pénale à nouveau différée |trans-title=The entry into force of the newpenal and penal code],procedure Lecodes National,again deferred |publisher=Réseau Haitien de l'Information |date=23 June 20222024 {{in lang|language=fr}}.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=principle|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Honduras|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/internacional/honduras-ratifica-reforma-prohibe-aborto-matrimonio-igualitario_1267114.html Honduras ratifies a reform that prohibits abortion and same-sex marriage], El Periódico Extremadura, 29 January 2021 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Hungary|pref=Abortion in|Hungary}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=hu|Up to 18 weeks if the woman is incapacitated or did not recognize the pregnancy due to illness or medical error, or in case of failure of a health institution.<ref name=hu>[https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=99200079.tv Law on the protection of fetal life], Wolters Kluwer {{in lang|hu}}. Retrieved 27 September 2021.</ref>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=hu}} || {{yes|20 weeks}}{{efn|Up to 24 weeks in case of prolongation of the diagnostic procedure, or no limit in case of fetal abnormality incompatible with life after birth.<ref name=hu/>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=hu}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Iceland|pref=Abortion in|Iceland}}<ref>"Lög um þungunarrof" [Law on Abortion]. [https://www.althingi.is/lagas/nuna/2019043.html ''Law No. 43 of 22 May 2019''] {{in lang|is}}. [[Althing]].</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no22 limitweeks}} || {{yes|permitted22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|India|pref=Abortion in|India}}<ref name=in>[https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1593/1/A1971-34.pdf Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971], of India Code, with Amendment Bill 2020. Version as of 16 December 2021.</ref><ref>[https://nhm.gov.in/New_Updates_2018/NHM_Components/RMNCHA/MH/Guidelines/CAC_Training_and_Service_Delivery_Guideline.pdf Comprehensive abortion care, training and service delivery guidelines], Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India, 14 June 2018. Page 6.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|No limit in case of "substantial foetal abnormalities".<ref name=in/>}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|Including the failure of contraception.<ref name=in/>}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Indonesia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/177030/Salinan_UU_Nomor_17_Tahun_2023.pdf|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 17 Tahun 2023 tentang Kesehatan. Pasal 60|trans-title= Law No. 17 of 2023 on Health. Article 60|page=33|language=id|publisher=Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia|access-date=2023-10-27|archive-date=2023-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027082454/https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/177030/Salinan_UU_Nomor_17_Tahun_2023.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176887/UU_Nomor_1_Tahun_2023.pdf|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2023 tentang Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana. Pasal 463 dan Penjelasan atas Pasal 463|trans-title= Law No. 1 of 2023 on Criminal Code. Article 463 and Explanation of Article 463|pages=160,321|language=id|publisher=Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia|access-date=2023-10-27|archive-date=2023-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027083355/https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176887/UU_Nomor_1_Tahun_2023.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Iran|pref=Abortion in|Iran}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201101035556/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/97756 Medical abortion law], Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 25 Khordad 1384 (15 June 2005) {{in lang|fa}}. Archived from [http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/97756 the original] on 1 November 2020.</ref><ref>[https://behdasht.gov.ir/%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8Aآشنايي-%D8%A8%D8%A7با-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AFموارد-%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B7سقط-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8Aدرماني Familiarity with medical abortion cases], Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran {{in lang|fa}}.</ref><ref>[https://behdasht.gov.ir/%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B4آموزش-%D8%B4%D8%BA%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%93شغلی–-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8Cدرمانی/%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B7سقط-%D9%88و-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9انواع-%D8%A2%D9%86آن-(Abortion) Abortion and its types], Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran {{in lang|fa}}.</ref>

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Iraq|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/57206/110681/F-1289690696/IRQ57206.pdf Penal Code], Ministry of Justice of Iraq.</ref><ref>[https://iasj.net/iasj/download/4f87943070c53025 Abortion Law: Conflict of Maternal-Fetal Rights], Dr. Khaled Hamad Fayadh, University of Fallujah College of Law.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=iq|This ground is only cited in instructions to health committees, not by law.<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Iraq-The-First-Amendment-to-Instructions-to-Health-Committees-Higher-Judicial-Council-2001.pdf First Amendment to Instructions to Health Committees], Government of Iraq, 29 October 2001 {{in lang|ar}}.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=iq}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Ireland|pref=Abortion in|Ireland the}}<ref>"[[Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018]]". [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/31/enacted/en/print.html ''Act No. 31 of 2018'']. [[Oireachtas]].</ref> || {{yes|viability}}{{efn|name=ie|If the risk to life or health is immediate, no gestational limit is specified.}} || {{yes|viability}}{{efn|name=ie}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Israel|pref=Abortion in|Israel}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=il|Abortion is permitted if the woman is under age 18 or over age 40, or if she is not married or the pregnancy is not from marriage.<ref>[https://www.gov.il/en/service/pregnancy-termination-permission Apply to terminate a pregnancy (Abortion)], Government of Israel.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=il}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Italy|pref=Abortion in|Italy}}<ref>[https://www.trovanorme.salute.gov.it/norme/dettaglioAtto?id=22302&completo=true Law No. 194 of 22 May 1978, Rules for the Social Protection of Maternity and on the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy], [[Ministry of Health (Italy)|Ministry of Health of Italy]] {{in lang|it}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Ivory Coast|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=ci|The UN source marks it as a legal ground but it is only [[Maputo Protocol|established by treaty]], not by law and not implemented as of 2020.<ref>[https://news.abidjan.net/h/676646.html Ivory Coast: advocacy for medical abortions as in the case of rapes], Abidjan.net, 19 July 2020 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.famille.gouv.ci/public/documents/doc_drcc/loi_2019-574_portant_code_p%C3%A9nal.pdf Law no. 2019-574 carrying the Penal Code], Official Journal of the Republic of Ivory Coast, 10 July 2019 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=ci}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Jamaica|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]] and established by [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]].<ref name=jm1>[https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-offences-against-the-person-act The Offences Against the Person Act], Laws of Jamaica, 7 April 2014. Articles 72 and 73.</ref><ref name=jm2>[http://www.japarliament.gov.jm/attachments/375_Abortion%20Policy%20Review%20Advisory%20Group%20Final%20Report.pdf Abortion Policy Review Advisory Group Final Report], Ministry of Health of Jamaica, 19 February 2007.</ref><ref name=jm3>[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130825/focus/focus5.html Abortion 'right'?], The Gleaner, 25 August 2013.</ref><ref name=jm4>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193391/ Abortion attitudes, training, and experience among medical students in Jamaica, West Indies], Glenmarie Matthews, Jessica Atrio, Horace Fletcher, Nathalie Medley, Leo Walker, and Nerys Benfield, ''Contraceptive and Reproductive Medicine'', 1 May 2020.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]].<ref name=jm1/><ref name=jm2/><ref name=jm3/><ref name=jm4/>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Japan|pref=Abortion in|Japan}}<ref>"母体保護法の施行について" [On Enforcement of the Maternal Health Act]. [https://www.mhlw.go.jp/web/t_doc?dataId=00ta9675&dataType=1&pageNo=1 ''Act No. 122 of 25 September 1996''] {{in lang|ja}}. [[Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare]].</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Jordan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/jor167170.pdf Public Health Law No. 47 of 2008], FAOLEX Database {{in lang|ar}}. Article 12.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Kazakhstan|pref=Abortion in|Kazakhstan}}<ref>[https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/K2000000360 Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on public health and healthcare system], Legal Information System of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 7 July 2020. Article 150.</ref><ref>[https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/V2000021412 Order of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan On approval of the rules for artificial abortion and the list of medical and social indications, as well as contraindications for artificial abortion], Legal Information System of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 9 October 2020.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Kenya|pref=Abortion in|Kenya}}<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/28595/115477/F-857725769/KEN28595.pdf Penal Code], revised edition of 2012, National Council for Law Reporting. Articles 158–160 and 240.</ref><ref>[https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ke/ke019en.pdf The Constitution of Kenya], National Council for Law Reporting, 2010. Article 26(4).</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by judicial decision.<ref name=ke/> It is also mentioned in the National Guidelines on Management of Sexual Violence.<ref>[https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Kenya_Natl-Guidelines-on-Mgmt-of-Sexual-Violence_3rd-Edition_2014.pdf National Guidelines on Management of Sexual Violence in Kenya], 3rd edition, [[Ministry of Health (Kenya)|Ministry of Health of Kenya]], 2014. Pages 15, 25, 78.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Kiribati|pref=Abortion in|Kiribati}}<ref>[https://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Kiribati/KI_Penal_Code.pdf Penal Code], VERTIC. Page 214.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Kosovo|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://gzk.rks-gov.net/ActDocumentDetail.aspx?ActID=2624 Law no. 03/L-110 for termination of pregnancy], Official Gazette of Kosovo. Articles 6–7, 14–16.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Kuwait|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/02-Kuwait-Ministerial-Decree-No-25-Practice-of-Medicine-1981.pdf Ministerial Decree No. 24 of 1981, Concerning the Practice of Human Medicine and Dentistry and the Professions Supporting Them], Global Abortion Policies Database, 22 February 1981 {{in lang|ar}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Kyrgyzstan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/111191 Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the reproductive rights of citizens and guarantees of their implementation], Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic. Article 16 {{in lang|ru}}.</ref><ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/07-Kyrgyzstan-Clinical-protocol-Medical%20abortion-in-the-first-and-second-trimester-Ministry-of-Health-2017.pdf Clinical protocol for medical abortion in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy], Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic {{in lang|ru}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Laos|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=la|The penal code prohibits "unlawful abortion", defined as "abortion not authorized by medical doctor commission". The penal code also lists the [[Right of self-defense|principles of legitimate defense and necessity to save one's life]], which lead to exemption from penal liability.<ref>[https://bic.moe.go.th/images/stories/pdf/Law_of_Laos_1-11-2562.pdf Penal Code], Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 26 June 2017.</ref> A decision by the [[Ministry of Health (Laos)|Ministry of Health]] states that abortion is medically authorized, up to 28 weeks of gestation, due to certain medical conditions of the woman or fetus, rape, contraception failure, and certain socioeconomic conditions of the woman or her family.<ref>"ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ການຄຸ້ມຄອງ ການໃຫ້ຖືພາແທນ ແລະ ການໃຫ້ຫຼຸລູກ" [Decision on the Management of Surrogacy and Abortion]. [https://moh.gov.la/index.php/download/decision/?wpdmdl=4377 ''Decision No. 2077 of 8 July 2021''] {{in lang|lo}}. [[Ministry of Health (Laos)|Ministry of Health of Laos]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20211117060139/https://moh.gov.la/index.php/download/decision/?wpdmdl=4377 Archived] from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.</ref> A [[World Health Organization|WHO]] source also shows Laos as allowing abortion on request up to 12 weeks of gestation, citing guidelines for health workers from 2016,<ref>[https://iris.wpro.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665.1/13974/Abortion-lao-2017.pdf Situation of abortion in the Lao People's Democratic Republic], World Health Organization, 2017.</ref> but they were issued before the penal code of 2017 defined "unlawful abortion" and are not mentioned in the decision by the Ministry of Health of 2021.}} || {{yes2|28 weeks}}{{efn|name=la}} || {{yes2|28 weeks}}{{efn|name=la}} || {{yes2|28 weeks}}{{efn|name=la}} || {{yes2|28 weeks}}{{efn|name=la}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=la}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Latvia|pref=Abortion in|Latvia}}<ref>[https://m.likumi.lv/ta/id/80585-grutniecibas-partrauksanas-organizatoriska-kartiba Organizational procedures for termination of pregnancy], Likumi.lv, 27 October 2007 {{in lang|lv}}.</ref><ref>[https://m.likumi.lv/ta/id/58982-seksualas-un-reproduktivas-veselibas-likums Sexual and Reproductive Health Law], Likumi.lv, 1 September 2017 {{in lang|lv}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Lebanon|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|date=25 July 2011|script-title=ar:قانون العقوبات 1943/3/1 مرسوم اشتراعي رقم 340 - صادر في|language=ar|trans-title=Lebanon Penal Code 1943 Arabic - Decree No. 340|website=Learning Partnership|url-status=live|archive-date=23 July 2021 |url=https://learningpartnership.org/sites/default/files/resources/pdfs/Lebanon%20Penal%20Code%201943%20Arabic.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723220200/https://learningpartnership.org/sites/default/files/resources/pdfs/Lebanon%20Penal%20Code%201943%20Arabic.pdf}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Lesotho|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lesotholii.org/ls/legislation/num-act/6|title=Penal Code Act, 2012 &#124; Lesotho Legal Information Institute|website=lesotholii.org|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126000756/https://lesotholii.org/ls/legislation/num-act/6|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Liberia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/women-and-justice/resource/offenses_against_the_family_chapter_16_penal_law_-_title_26_-_liberian_code_of_laws_revised Offenses Against the Family, Chapter 16: Penal Law – Title 26 – Liberian Code of Laws Revised], Legal Information Institute.</ref> || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Libya|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aladel.gov.ly/home/?p=1226 |title=Law No. 106 of 1973 Promulgating the Health Law |publisher=[[Ministry of Justice (Libya)|Ministry of Justice of Libya]] |date=13 December 1978 |language=ar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131044903/https://aladel.gov.ly/home/?p=1226 |archive-date=31 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://aladel.gov.ly/home/?p=1331 |title=Law No. 17 of 1986 on Medical Liability |publisher=[[Ministry of Justice (Libya)|Ministry of Justice of Libya]] |date=4 November 1986 |language=ar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153538/https://aladel.gov.ly/home/?p=1331 |archive-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Liechtenstein|pref=Abortion in|Liechtenstein}}<ref>[https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/64/LICH_CC_eng.pdf Translation of Liechtenstein Law, Criminal Code of 24 June 1987], Legislationline.org, version of 1 January 2021, translated 21 January 2021. Article 96.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Lithuania|pref=Abortion in|Lithuania}}<ref name=lt>[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.14276?jfwid=-je7i1sz4g The procedure for performing an abortion operation], [[Ministry of Health (Lithuania)|Ministry of Health of Lithuania]], 28 January 1994.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=lt|If the woman is under age 13 or over age 49, no limit is specified.}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=lt}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=lt}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Luxembourg|pref=Abortion in|Luxembourg}}<ref name=lu/> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Madagascar|pref=Abortion in}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law.<ref>[http://www.justice.mg/wp-content/uploads/textes/1TEXTES%20NATIONAUX/DROIT%20PRIVE/les%20codes/CODE%20PENAL.pdf Penal code], Ministry of Justice of Madagascar, updated 31 March 2005. Article 317 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> The UN source says that it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]],<ref name=UN2019report/> but other sources say that abortion is not legally allowed under any circumstance in Madagascar.<ref>[https://laverite.mg/societe/item/12743-l%C3%A9galisation-de-l%E2%80%99avortement-%C3%A0-madagascar-la-r%C3%A9vision-de-la-loi-de-nouveau-sur-le-tapis-des-parlementaires.html Legalization of abortion in Madagascar – The revision of the law again on the parliamentarians' carpet], La Vérité, 9 February 2021 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20211001-madagascar-avortements-clandestins-deces-maternels-changer-loi-nifin-akanga In Madagascar, clandestine abortions are the second cause of maternal deaths], Radio France Internationale, 1 October 2021 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Malawi|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://malawilii.org/system/files/consolidatedlegislation/701/penal_code_pdf_14611.pdf |title=Penal Code. Article 243 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708133338/https://malawilii.org/system/files/consolidatedlegislation/701/penal_code_pdf_14611.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2021 |publisher=Malawi Legal Information Institute}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Malaysia|pref=Abortion in|Malaysia}}<ref>[https://www.moh.gov.my/moh/images/gallery/Garispanduan/Guideline%20On%20TOP%20for%20Hospitals%20in%20MOH.pdf Guidelines on Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) for Hospitals in the Ministry of Health], [[Ministry of Health (Malaysia)|Ministry of Health of Malaysia]], 19 September 2012.</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Maldives|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|The law of Maldives is a combination of [[statutory law|statutory]] and [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref>[http://agoffice.gov.mv/files/Constitution%20_English.pdf Constitution of the Republic of Maldives 2008], Attorney General's Office of Maldives.</ref> The Maldivian penal code criminalizes abortion after 120 days of gestation, except for risk to the woman's life.<ref>[https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/4203-maldives-penal-code-2014 Law no. 6/2014, Penal Code of the Maldives], University of Pennsylvania Law School.</ref> The Maldivian [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]] allows abortion only for risk to the woman's life, without gestational limit, or in cases of rape, incest, or certain medical conditions of a fetus conceived in marriage, up to 120 days of gestation.<ref name=mv1>[https://arrow.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Country-Profile-on-Sexual-and-Reproductive-Rights-Maldives.pdf Country Profile on Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Maldives], Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women, 2017.</ref><ref name=mv2>{{cite web|url=http://islamicaffairs.gov.mv/dh/images/uploads/Fatwa%206%20-%20Nuthufa%20nahthailumai%20hayyarun%20nahtuvailumai%20dhari%20vahtailumai%20beheyR.pdf|title=Ruling 6/2013|date=11 December 2013|publisher=Islamic Fiqh Academy, Ministry of Islamic Affairs of Maldives|language=dv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602085600/http://islamicaffairs.gov.mv/dh/images/uploads/Fatwa%206%20-%20Nuthufa%20nahthailumai%20hayyarun%20nahtuvailumai%20dhari%20vahtailumai%20beheyR.pdf|archive-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Mali|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.droit-afrique.com/uploads/Mali-Code-2001-penal-MAJ-2016.pdf Law no. 2001-79 of 20 August 2001 bearing the Penal Code], Droit Afrique. Article 211 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[https://scorecard.prb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Loi-n%C2%B0-02-044-Relative-a%CC%80-la-Sante%CC%81-de-la-Reproduction-2002.-Mali.pdf Law no. 02-044 of 24 June 2002 relative to reproduction health], President of the Republic of Mali. Article 13 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=therapeutic}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in the**p|Marshall Islands|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=principle}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Mauritania|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=mr|The penal code prohibits abortion without any explicit exception,<ref>[https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1082544/1504_1226925638_ordonnance-83-162-du-09-juillet-1983-portant-institution-d-un-code-penal.pdf Penal Code], Official Journal of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, 9 July 1983. Article 293 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> but the UN source says that abortion to save the woman's life is permitted as a general legal principle.<ref name=UN2019report/> The law on child protection prohibits abortion except for a "proven medical need",<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/MONOGRAPH/73641/75348/F518879681/MRT-73641.pdf Ordinance no. 2005-015 bearing the penal protection of the child], Military Council for Justice and Democracy of Mauritania, 5 December 2005 {{in lang|fr}}. Article 33.</ref> and the law on reproductive health prohibits abortion except in case of risk to the woman's life.<ref>[https://www.msgg.gov.mr/sites/default/files/2020-11/JO%201402%20BIS%20FR%2027%2012%202017.pdf Law no. 2017-025 regarding reproductive health], Official Journal of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, 27 December 2017. Article 21 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> The government has stated that the law of the country permits abortion on therapeutic grounds.<ref>[https://undocs.org/CEDAW/C/MRT/Q/2-3/Add.1 List of issues and questions in relation to the combined second and third periodic reports of Mauritania, Addendum, Replies of Mauritania], Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 17 March 2014. Page 20.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mr}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Mauritius|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/92110/107109/F707576334/MUS92110.pdf The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act 2012], Official Gazette of Mauritius, 23 June 2012.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Mexico|pref=Abortion in|Mexico}}<ref>[https://andar.org.mx/aborto-legal/ Aborto legal], Andar {{in lang|es}}.</ref> [<span class=mw-customtoggle-mx style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|Abortion for this ground is permitted by law in all subdivisions except [[Guanajuato]] and [[Querétaro]]. In these two [[List of states of Mexico|state]]s, medical professionals at federal health facilities may provide abortion without prosecution,<ref name=mx5>[https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/09/06/espanol/mexico-aborto-suprema-corte.html The Supreme Court of Mexico decriminalizes abortion in the whole country], The New York Times, 6 September 2023. "Wednesday's ruling does not affect local laws, and abortion remains illegal in 20 of the 32 states of the country. But even in those states, now women may legally abort at federal hospitals and clinics. The ruling also prohibits personnel of these centers from being penalized for performing abortions." {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref name=mx6>[https://verificado.com.mx/despenalizacion-aborto-no-aplica-codigos-estados/ Decriminalization of abortion does not apply to the penal codes of the states], Verificado, 7 September 2023 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> while others may be prosecuted but not imprisoned, and they may request judicial relief by [[Recurso de amparo|amparo]].<ref name=mx1/><ref name=mx2/>}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=mx|Abortion for this ground is permitted by law in some [[List of states of Mexico|state]]s and [[Mexico City]]. In other states, medical professionals at federal health facilities may provide abortion without prosecution,<ref name=mx5/><ref name=mx6/> while others may be prosecuted but not imprisoned, and they may request judicial relief by [[Recurso de amparo|amparo]].<ref name=mx1>[https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-58482259 Abortion in Mexico: the Supreme Court decriminalizes the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in a historic ruling for the country], BBC, 7 September 2021. "The ruling only obligates Coahuila to modify its penal code in this regard. Therefore, it does not imply that abortion is now legal in all of Mexico, nor that the decriminalization affects all states automatically or that they are obligated to change their local legislation." {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref name=mx2>[https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-09-08/despenalizado-pero-no-legislado-la-aprobacion-del-aborto-en-mexico-depende-de-cada-estado-del-pais.html Mexico decriminalizes abortion: what will happen now in the states of the country?], El País, 8 September 2021. "They will be able to, thus, continue sending to court the women who abort outside of the local norms, but the judicial process will not allow them to enter jail." "It is possible that there are still judges who dictate jail for some women, and this would force them to sue in local and federal processes first and then apply for an [[Recurso de amparo|amparo]] before a district judge. This one would have to follow, finally, the judicial precedent." {{in lang|es}}</ref>}} || {{yes|permitted}}{{efn|name=mx2|The penal codes of some [[List of states of Mexico|states]] specify a gestational limit for abortion in case of rape. However, in July 2021, the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|Supreme Court]] ruled that it is unconstitutional to set a limit for abortion on this ground.<ref name=mx3>[https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-07-07/la-corte-declara-inconstitucional-restringir-el-aborto-a-un-plazo-de-tiempo-en-caso-de-violacion.html The Supreme Court eliminates the deadlines to abort in cases of rape], El País, 7 July 2021 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref name=mx4>[https://www.internet2.scjn.gob.mx/red2/comunicados/noticia.asp?id=6504 Press Release No. 196/2021: The time limit for the legal interruption of pregnancy as a result of rape constitutes an act of violence against the woman, which strikes against her rights to free development of personality and to mental health], [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation]], 7 July 2021 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Aguascalientes|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://eservicios2.aguascalientes.gob.mx/NormatecaAdministrador/archivos/EDO-4-11.pdf Penal Code for the State of Aguascalientes], Government of Aguascalientes, 1622 MayJanuary 20222024. Articles 101 to 103 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref name=mxag>[https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexicos-aguascalientes-becomes-12th-state-decriminalize-abortion-2023-08-30/ Mexican state of Aguascalientes becomes 12th to decriminalize abortion], Reuters, 30 August 2023.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2yes|permitted}}{{efn|name=mxag|This12 ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by judicial decision.<ref name=mxag/>weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2yes|permitted}}{{efn|name=mxag}} || {{yes2yes|permitted}}{{efn|name=mxag12 weeks}} || {{yes2yes|permitted}}{{efn|name=mxag12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Baja California|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211115022803/https://wsextbc.ebajacalifornia.gob.mx/CdnBc/api/Imagenes/ObtenerImagenDeSistema?sistemaSolicitante=PeriodicoOficial/2021/Noviembre&nombreArchivo=Periodico-93-CXXVIII-20211112-SECCI%C3%93N%20II.pdf&descargar=false Decree No. 36], Official Journal of the State of Baja California, pages 21–26. Archived from [https://wsextbc.ebajacalifornia.gob.mx/CdnBc/api/Imagenes/ObtenerImagenDeSistema?sistemaSolicitante=PeriodicoOficial/2021/Noviembre&nombreArchivo=Periodico-93-CXXVIII-20211112-SECCI%C3%93N%20II.pdf&descargar=false the original] on 15 November 2021.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Baja California Sur|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://secfin.bcs.gob.mx/fnz/wp-content/themes/fnz_bcs/assets/images/boletines/2022/36.pdf Decree 2832], Official Journal of the State of Baja California Sur, 14 June 2022 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Campeche|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://legislacion.congresocam.gob.mx/index.php/leyes-focalizadas/anticorrupcion/6-codigo-penal-del-estado-de-campeche Penal Code of the State of Campeche], Congress of Campeche, 10 May 2022. Articles 155 to 159 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=mx2}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Chiapas|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresochiapas.gob.mx/new/Info-Parlamentaria/LEY_0012.pdf Penal Code for the State of Chiapas], Congress of Chiapas, 4 November 2020. Articles 178 to 183 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Chihuahua|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.congresochihuahua2.gob.mx/biblioteca/codigos/archivosCodigos/64.pdf Penal Code of the State of Chihuahua], Congress of Chihuahua, 6 July 2022. Articles 143 to 146 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|90 days}}{{efn|name=mx2}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Coahuila|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresocoahuila.gob.mx/transparencia/03/Leyes_Coahuila/coa08_1990528.pdf Penal Code of the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza], Congress of Coahuila, 6 October 2017. Articles 357 to 361 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=mxco|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by judicial decision.<ref name=mx1/><ref name=mx2/>}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Colima|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresocol.gob.mx/web/Sistema/uploads/LegislacionEstatal/Codigos/codigo_penal_15jun2022.pdf Penal Code for the State of Colima] as of 15 June 2022, Directorate of Legislative Process. Articles 138 to 142 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Durango|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://congresodurango.gob.mx/Archivos/legislacion/CODIGO%20PENAL%20(NUEVO).pdf Penal Code of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango], Congress of Durango, 26 May 2022. Articles 148 to 150 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Guanajuato|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://congresogto.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/reforma/pdf/3408/CPEG_REF_14Junio2022.pdf Penal Code of the State of Guanajuato], Congress of Guanajuato, 14 June 2022. Articles 158 to 163 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Guerrero|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://periodicooficial.guerrero.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/P.O-40-ALCANCE-I-20-MAYO-20.pdf Decree No. 180], Official Gazette of the State of Guerrero, 20 May 2022 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Hidalgo|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://periodico.hidalgo.gob.mx/?tribe_events=Periodico-Oficial-Alcance-7-del-06-de-julio-de-2021 Decree No. 728], Official Gazette of the State of Hidalgo, 6 July 2021 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Jalisco|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://congresoweb.congresojal.gob.mx/BibliotecaVirtual/legislacion/C%C3%B3digos/C%C3%B3digo%20Penal%20para%20el%20Estado%20Libre%20y%20Soberano%20de%20Jalisco%20-170522.doc Penal Code for the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco], Congress of Jalisco, 17 May 2022. Articles 227 to 229 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2yes2|prohibitedpermitted}}{{efn|name=mxmxjc|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by judicial decision.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/04/26/jalisco-estado-numero-13-mexico-despenalizar-aborto-orix/ |title=Jalisco es el estado número 13 de México en despenalizar el aborto |trans-title=Jalisco is the 13th state of Mexico to decriminalize abortion |publisher=CNN en Español |date=26 April 2024 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.notisistema.com/noticias/llega-al-congreso-notificacion-judicial-para-despenalizar-aborto-en-jalisco/ |title=Notifican a Congreso obligación de despenalizar aborto en Jalisco |trans-title=Congress is notified on the obligation to decriminalize abortion in Jalisco |publisher=Notisistema |date=7 May 2024 |language=es}}</ref>}} || {{no2yes2|prohibitedpermitted}}{{efn|name=mxmxjc}} || {{no2yes2|prohibitedpermitted}}{{efn|name=mxmxjc}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Mexico City|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://data.consejeria.cdmx.gob.mx/portal_old/uploads/gacetas/abril07_26_70.pdf Decree by which the penal code for the Federal District is reformed and the health law for the Federal District is added], Official Gazette of the Federal District, 26 April 2007 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cachon|first=Hector Gonzalez|date=29 July 2020|title=CÓDIGO PENAL PARA EL DISTRITO FEDERAL|language=es|trans-title=PENAL CODE FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT|website=Mexico City Congress|url-status=live|archive-date=28 November 2020 |url=https://www.congresocdmx.gob.mx/media/documentos/9cd0cdef5d5adba1c8e25b34751cccfdcca80e2c.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128215605/https://www.congresocdmx.gob.mx/media/documentos/9cd0cdef5d5adba1c8e25b34751cccfdcca80e2c.pdf}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|State of Mexico|name=Mexico State|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://legislacion.edomex.gob.mx/sites/legislacion.edomex.gob.mx/files/files/pdf/cod/vig/codvig006.pdf Penal Code of the State of Mexico], Government of Mexico State, 10 June 2022. Articles 248 to 251 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Michoacán|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://congresomich.gob.mx/file/CODIGO-PENAL-REF-13-ENERO-2020.pdf Penal Code for the State of Michoacán de Ocampo], Congress of Michoacán, 13 January 2020. Articles 141 to 146 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=mx2}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Morelos|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://marcojuridico.morelos.gob.mx/archivos/codigos/pdf/CPENALEM.pdf Penal Code for the State of Morelos], Government of Morelos, 28 July 2021. Articles 115 to 120 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Nayarit|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresonayarit.mx/media/2929/codigopenal_nuevo.pdf Penal Code for the State of Nayarit], Congress of Nayarit, 9 January 2020. Articles 368 to 372 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Nuevo León|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.hcnl.gob.mx/trabajo_legislativo/leyes/codigos/codigo_penal_para_el_estado_de_nuevo_leon/ Penal Code for the State of Nuevo León], Congress of Nuevo León, 10 June 2022. Articles 327 to 331 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Oaxaca|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.periodicooficial.oaxaca.gob.mx/files/2019/10/EXT-DECRETO806-2019-10-24.pdf Decree No. 806], Official Journal of the State of Oaxaca, 27 October 2019 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Puebla|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresopuebla.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=5928 Penal Code of the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla], Congress of Puebla, 1 July 2022. Articles 339 to 343 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Querétaro|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://site.legislaturaqueretaro.gob.mx/CloudPLQ/InvEst/Codigos/COD006_60.pdf Penal Code for the State of Querétaro], Congress of Querétaro, 27 May 2022. Articles 136 to 142 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Quintana Roo|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://documentos.congresoqroo.gob.mx/codigos/C6-XVII-07092022-C1620220907264.pdf Penal Code for the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo], Congress of Quintana Roo, 7 September 2022. Articles 92 to 97 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref>[http://po.segob.qroo.gob.mx/sitiopo/descargadocumento.php?Fecha=2022-10-28&Tipo=3&Numero=179 Decree number 004], Official Journal of the State of Quintana Roo, 28 October 2022 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=mx2}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|San Luis Potosí|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.stjslp.gob.mx/transp/cont/marco%20juridico/pdf-zip/codigos/CPESLP/CPESLP.pdf Penal Code of the State of San Luis Potosí], Judiciary of San Luis Potosí, 18 May 2022. Articles 148 to 150 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Sinaloa|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://media.transparencia.sinaloa.gob.mx/uploads/files/2/POE-11-marzo-2022-031.PDF Decree no. 79], Official Gazette of the State of Sinaloa, 11 March 2022 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|13 weeks}} || {{yes|13 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Sonora|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.congresoson.gob.mx:81/Content/Doc_leyes/Doc_443.pdf Penal Code of the State of Sonora], Congress of Sonora, 6 June 2022. Articles 265 to 270 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Tabasco|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://tabasco.gob.mx/leyes/descargar/0/481 Penal Code for the State of Tabasco], Government of Tabasco, 13 April 2022. Articles 130 to 136 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Tamaulipas|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresotamaulipas.gob.mx/Parlamentario/Archivos/Codigos/11%20Codigo%20Penal%20para%20el%20Estado%20de%20Tamaulipas%2014%20JUN%202022.pdf Penal Code for the State of Tamaulipas], Congress of Tamaulipas, 14 June 2022. Articles 356 to 361 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Tlaxcala|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://dif.tlaxcala.gob.mx/2022/identidad/marco_normativo/codigos/C%C3%B3digo%20Penal%20para%20el%20Estado%20Libre%20y%20Soberano%20de%20Tlaxcala.pdf Penal Code for the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala], Government of Tlaxcala, 10 May 2021. Articles 241 to 243 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Veracruz|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.legisver.gob.mx/leyes/LeyesPDF/CPENAL02032022(F3).pdf Penal Code for the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave], Congress of the State of Veracruz, 2 March 2022. Articles 149 to 154 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Yucatán|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.poderjudicialyucatan.gob.mx/digestum/marcoLegal/03/2012/DIGESTUM03002.pdf Penal Code of the State of Yucatán], Judiciary of Yucatán, 15 June 2022. Articles 389 to 393 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Zacatecas|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.congresozac.gob.mx/63/ley&cual=103 Penal Code for the State of Zacatecas], Congress of Zacatecas, 8 June 2022. Articles 310 to 313 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mx}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Micronesia|pref=Abortion in the Federated States of|Micronesia}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=principle}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Moldova|pref=Abortion in|Moldova}}<ref>"Ordin cu privire la efectuarea întreruperii voluntare a cursului sarcinii în condiții de siguranță" [Orden Regarding the Voluntary Termination of the Safe Course of Pregnancy]. [https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=37226&lang=ro ''Order No. 647 of 29 September 2010''] {{in lang|ro}}. [[Ministry of Health (Moldova)|Ministry of Health of Moldova]].</ref> || {{yes|21 weeks}} || {{yes|21 weeks}} || {{yes|21 weeks}} || {{yes|21 weeks}} || {{yes|21 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|If the woman is under age 15 or over age 40, the gestational limit is 21 weeks.}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Monaco|pref=Abortion in|Monaco}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Mongolia|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|23 weeks}} || {{yes|23 weeks}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Montenegro|pref=Abortion in|Montenegro}}<ref>{{cite web|date=6 October 2021|title=Zakon o uslovima i postupku za prekid trudnoće|language=hr|trans-title=Law on Conditions and Procedure for Termination of Pregnancy|website=Government of Montenegro|url=https://wapi.gov.me/download/840dacb7-de8d-45bb-841f-27b9cc32109d?version=1.0|url-status=live|archive-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024150208/https://wapi.gov.me/download/840dacb7-de8d-45bb-841f-27b9cc32109d?version=1.0}} pdf download</ref> || {{yes|32 weeks}} || {{yes|32 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Morocco|pref=Abortion in|Morocco}}{{efn|In 2016, the government of Morocco proposed allowing abortion in cases of rape, incest, mental disability and fetal impairment. However, the [[Parliament of Morocco|parliament]] did not approve the proposal,<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/03/18/les-marocaines-attendent-toujours-la-reforme-de-l-avortement-voulue-par-mohammed-vi_5272836_3212.html Moroccan women are still waiting for the abortion reform wanted by Mohammed VI], Le Monde, 18 March 2018 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.france24.com/fr/20190924-maroc-affaire-hajar-raissouni-debat-avortement-libertes-droit-femmes In Morocco, the Hajar Raissouni case revives the debate on abortion], France 24, 24 September 2019 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> and as of 2021 the abortion articles in the penal code remain unchanged.<ref>[https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/legislation/fr/Nouveautes/code%20penal.pdf Penal code], consolidated version of 5 July 2018, Ministry of Justice of Morocco {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/legislation/ar/Nouveautes/مجموعة%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D920القانون%8A20الجنائي.pdf Penal code], consolidated version of 14 June 2021, Ministry of Justice of Morocco {{in lang|ar}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Mozambique|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|May be permitted with no gestational limit in case the fetus is not viable.<ref>[https://reformar.co.mz/documentos-diversos/lei-24-2019-lei-de-revisao-do-codigo-penal.pdf Law of Revision of the Penal Code], Bulletin of the Republic of Mozambique, 24 December 2019 {{in lang|pt}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Myanmar|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 2008|title=MYANMAR THE PENAL CODE|website=The Warnath Group Consultants|url-status=live|url=https://www.warnathgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Burma-Penal-Code.pdf|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925102835/https://www.warnathgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Burma-Penal-Code.pdf}}</ref><ref>[https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338768/factsheet-myanmar-eng.pdf Abortion Policy Landscape: Myanmar], World Health Organization.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Namibia|pref=Abortion in|Namibia}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Nauru|pref=Abortion in|Nauru}}<ref>[http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/acts/f68fdcd4363b5f0b4630ac4c9c9f1202.pdf Crimes Act 2016], Nauru's Online Legal Database. Articles 53, 63–69.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Nepal|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=np1>{{cite web |url=https://www.moljpa.gov.np/en/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Penal-Code-English-Revised-1.pdf |title=The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 |at=Articles 188 and 189 |publisher=Government of Nepal |date=16 October 2017}}</ref>[<ref name=np2>{{cite web |url=https://www.lawcommission.gov.np/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Right-to-Safe-Motherhood-and-Reproductive-Health-Act-2075-2018.pdf |title=The Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act, 2075], (2018) |at=Articles 15 to 19 |publisher=Government of Nepal, |date=18 September 2018.}}</ref>{{Update inline|reason=See talk page|date=December 2021}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|2818 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=np|Up to 28 weeks if the woman has [[HIV]] or a similar incurable disease.<ref name=np1/><ref name=np2/>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=np}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Netherlands|pref=Abortion in the|Netherlands}}{{efn|Including the [[Caribbean Netherlands]].<ref name=bq1>[http://www.dutchcaribbeanlegalportal.com/news/latest-news/2094-abortion-permit-for-hospital-in-bonaire Abortion permit for hospital in Bonaire], Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal, 16 June 2012.</ref><ref name=bq2>[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003396 Termination of pregnancy law], Government of the Netherlands {{in lang|nl}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|New Zealand|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-disability-system/abortion-legislation-information-health-practitioners Abortion Legislation: Information for Health Practitioners], [[Ministry of Health (New Zealand)|Ministry of Health of New Zealand]], 26 June 2020.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|20 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Nicaragua|pref=Abortion in|Nicaragua}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Niger|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Nigeria|pref=Abortion in|Nigeria}} [<span class=mw-customtoggle-ng style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=ng|The Criminal Code of the [[Colonial Nigeria|predecessor of Nigeria]] prohibited abortion except to save the woman's life. A [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] on a similar law in the parent country allowed abortion also to preserve the woman's health, but the [[West African Court of Appeal]], despite applying the reasoning of the parent country's decision, affirmed only the ground to save the woman's life in Nigerian law. The Criminal Code and its judicial [[precedent]] remain in force in the southern [[states of Nigeria]]. In the states corresponding to the former [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]], the Penal Code replaced the Criminal Code and its judicial precedent, and it also prohibits abortion except to save the woman's life.<ref>[https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1495&context=ilsajournal Re-characterizing abortion in Nigeria: an appraisal of the necessity test], Victor Nnamdi Opara, ''International Law Students' Association Journal of International & Comparative Law'', vol. 11, issue 1, article 8, March 2005.</ref><ref>[https://policehumanrightsresources.org/content/uploads/2016/07/Penal-Code-Northern-States_-Federal-Provisions-Act-1960.pdf Penal Code (Northern States) Federal Provisions Act], 30 September 1960. Police and Human Rights Resources, Amnesty International.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Northern Cyprus|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyprus Turkish Medical Association "Medical Professional Code of Ethics"|url=http://mevzuat.kamunet.net/mmd/tuzukler_htm/k/K%C4%B1br%C4%B1s_Turk_Tabipleri_Birligi_Tip_meslek_ahlak_tuzugu.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125635/http://mevzuat.kamunet.net/mmd/tuzukler_htm/k/K%C4%B1br%C4%B1s_Turk_Tabipleri_Birligi_Tip_meslek_ahlak_tuzugu.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|access-date=27 September 2021|publisher=TRNC Prime Ministry Department of Regulations|language=tr}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|North Korea|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=kp|The criminal law of North Korea, as amended up to 2015, does not mention abortion.<ref>[https://www.unilaw.go.kr/cmm/fms/FileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_000000000001219&fileSn=1&mblSe=W The Criminal Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2015)], Unification Legislation Database {{in lang|ko}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.unilaw.go.kr/cmm/fms/FileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_000000000001195&fileSn=0&mblSe=W Medical Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2000)], Unification Legislation Database {{in lang|ko}}.</ref> In 2015 the North Korean government issued a directive prohibiting medical professionals from performing abortions but did not indicate a penalty for doing so.<ref>[https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-forbids-doctors-to-perform-abortions-implant-birth-control-devices-10142015145920.html North Korea forbids doctors to perform abortions, implant birth control devices], Radio Free Asia, 14 October 2015.</ref> In 2016, the government stated that abortion was "legal" and "provided upon request by the woman concerned for reasons of risks to her life, physical and mental health and fetal malformation", but it is unclear whether these were the only permitted reasons.<ref>[https://undocs.org/CEDAW/C/PRK/2-4 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention, Democratic People's Republic of Korea], Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1 June 2016.</ref> It has also been reported that repatriated pregnant women are [[Forced abortion|forced to have abortions]] to prevent children of mixed ethnicity.<ref>[https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/KP/Call_for_contributions_accountability/JubileeCampaign.pdf Written Contribution for Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)], Tomás Ojea Quintana, for his upcoming report to the 46th Human Rights Council session in March 2021.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=In-hua|first1=Kim|date=13 November 2019|title=Ask a North Korean: do forced abortions really take place in the DPRK?|url=https://www.nknews.org/2019/11/ask-a-north-korean-do-forced-abortions-really-take-place-in-the-dprk|publisher=[[NK News]]}}</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=kp}} || {{n/a|unclear}}{{efn|name=kp}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=kp}} || {{n/a|unclear}}{{efn|name=kp}} || {{n/a|unclear}}{{efn|name=kp}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|North Macedonia|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=mk|May be permitted with no gestational limit in some cases.<ref name=mk>[https://www.pravdiko.mk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Zakon-za-prekinuvane-na-bremenosta-22-05-2019.pdf Law of Termination of Pregnancy], Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, 22 May 2019 {{in lang|mk}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=mk}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=mk}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Norway|pref=Abortion in|Norway}}{{efn|name=no|Including [[Svalbard]].<ref>[https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2001-06-15-635 Regulation on interruption of pregnancy (abortion regulation)], Lovdata, 10 May 2013 {{in lang|no}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Oman|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=om|The penal law prohibits abortion without any explicit exception, but it exempts from penal liability actions done by necessity to protect [[Right of self-defense|oneself]] or others from a severe and imminent danger, and in the practice of agreed medical activities or urgent medical intervention.<ref>[https://mjla.gov.om/Download.aspx?Lid=213&lng=eng The Penal Law Promulgated by Royal Decree 7/2018], Ministry of Legal Affairs of Oman, 11 January 2018. Articles 315–320, 44 and 51.</ref> The law regulating medical practice prohibits abortion except for risk to the woman's life or of unbearable illness, and in case of fetal impairment up to 120 days of gestation.<ref>[https://mjla.gov.om/Download.aspx?Lid=228 Royal decree no. 75/2019 promulgating a law regulating the practice of the medical profession and allied medical professions], Ministry of Legal Affairs of Oman, 11 January 2019. Article 36 {{in lang|ar}}.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=om}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Pakistan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://maps.reproductiverights.org/world-abortion-laws/pakistans-abortion-provisions Pakistan's Abortion Provisions], [[Center for Reproductive Rights]].</ref><ref>[https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/why-deadly-abortions-keep-killing-women-pakistan Why Deadly Abortions Keep Killing Women in Pakistan], Pulitzer Center, 15 July 2021. "Because laws on abortion are vague, the decision to provide an abortion or not often comes down to a provider's personal or religious beliefs, which for many, makes the prospect unthinkable."</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|organ formation}}{{efn|Different sources specify this limit as '''120 days''' or '''four months''' of gestation.<ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/08-Pakistan-Punjab-Service-Delivery-Standards-and-Guidelines-Department-of-Health-Punjab-2015.pdf Service delivery standards and guidelines for high-quality safe uterine evacuation and postabortion care], Department of Health of Punjab, Pakistan, April 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.guttmacher.org/report/abortion-pakistan Abortion in Pakistan], Guttmacher Institute, November 2009.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Palau|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law<ref>[https://www.policinglaw.info/assets/downloads/Palau_Penal_Code.pdf Penal Code], Policinglaw.info. Article 1309.</ref> but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Palestine|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=ps|The law prohibits abortion except to save the woman's life.<ref>[http://www.hdip.org/public%20health%20law%20English.pdf Palestinian Legislative Council Public Health Law], Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP), 23 April 2004.</ref> However, some sources say that abortion may also be permitted for health reasons and in cases of rape and fetal impairment,<ref>[https://www.hhrjournal.org/2019/12/the-unique-landscape-of-abortion-law-and-access-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territories The Unique Landscape of Abortion Law and Access in the Occupied Palestinian Territories], Health and Human Rights, 9 December 2019. "As one lawyer from Gaza explained in an interview, "[...] [Abortion] is only allowed for health reasons for the mother or for fetal anomalies."</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-womens-day-palestinians-idUSKCN0WA1OV For Palestinian women, abortion can mean lies, jail or worse], Reuters, 8 March 2016. "When fetal impairment is detected, an abortion can be performed if both parents consent, [...] the ministry said."</ref><ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/10/palestine-marry-your-rapist-law-repealed Palestine: 'Marry-Your-Rapist' Law Repealed], Human Rights Watch, 10 May 2018. "Salhieh, the chief prosecutor, said that prosecutors obtained permission for seven women to have abortions in 2017, all in cases in which the women alleged that the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest and they were in the early stages of pregnancy."</ref> while other sources say that it is not possible to obtain an abortion in any circumstance.<ref>[https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/12/04/palestines-abortion-problem Palestine's Abortion Problem], Foreign Policy, 4 December 2015. "Abortion, after all, is illegal under Palestinian law; while it is technically legal in order to protect the life of the mother, in practice, according to experts, it is impossible to get such a procedure. Especially for those [...] who might want an abortion without the knowledge of their husbands."</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=ps}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=ps}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=ps}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Panama|pref=Abortion in|Panama}}<ref>https://ministeriopublico.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CODIGO-PENAL-2019-FINAL-1.pdf chapter I, section 3</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} https://clacaidigital.info/bitstream/handle/123456789/778/revision_de_normas_de_salud_integral_de_la_mujer.%20Panama.pdf</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Papua New Guinea|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=pg>[http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/cca1974115 Criminal Code Act 1974], Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Articles 225, 226, 280, 312.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The law prohibits abortion done "unlawfully" without defining it, and it explicitly permits abortion to preserve the woman's life.<ref name=pg/> An opinion of the State Solicitor in 1982, based on court decisions on identical laws in the former parent country, considered that preservation of the woman's health was also a legal ground for abortion.<ref>Barnett, Katy (7 April 2016). [https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/opinionsonhigh/2016/04/07/news-high-court-grants-injunction-staying-asylum-seekers-abortion News: High Court grants injunction staying asylum seeker's abortion]. [[University of Melbourne]] Law School, 7 April 2016.</ref><ref>[https://iris.wpro.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665.1/13974/Abortion-png-2017.pdf Situation of abortion in the Independent State of Papua New Guinea], World Health Organization, 2017.</ref> However, in 2018, in the case of a woman who had aborted at four months of pregnancy due to risk to health, the [[Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea|Supreme Court]] acquitted her because she had been wrongly charged for the crime of killing an unborn child, which only applies shortly before birth (section 312), but ruled that she should have still been charged for the crime of abortion (section 225).<ref>[https://www.thenational.com.pg/woman-cleared-in-abortion-case-2/ Woman cleared in abortion case], The National, 27 June 2018.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Paraguay|pref=Abortion in|Paraguay}}<ref>[https://www.bacn.gov.py/descarga/3485/20150728121420.pdf Law No. 3440], BACCN, 20 August 2008. Article 109.4 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Peru|pref=Abortion in|Peru}}<ref>{{cite web|date=2014|title=Guía Técnica Nacional de Aborto Terapéutico|language=es|trans-title=National Technical Guide - Therapeutic Abortion (modified 2015)|website=Regional Directorate of Health of Cusco, Peru|url-status=live |url=http://www.diresacusco.gob.pe/salud_individual/dais/materno/NORMAS%20RTN/03/RM%20486-2014%20-%20GTN%20DE%20ABORTO%20TERAPEUTICO.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119042132/http://www.diresacusco.gob.pe/salud_individual/dais/materno/NORMAS%20RTN/03/RM%20486-2014%20-%20GTN%20DE%20ABORTO%20TERAPEUTICO.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Philippines|pref=Abortion in the|Philippines}}<ref name=ph>[https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1930/12/08/act-no-3815-s-1930 The Revised Penal Code], Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, 8 December 1930. Articles 256–259.</ref> || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The law prohibits abortion without explicitly mentioning any exception,<ref name=ph/> but in 2014 the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] ruled that [[indirect abortion]] done to save the woman's life was permitted under the [[principle of double effect]].<ref>[https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/apr2014/gr_204819_2014.html Imbong v. Ochoa], Supreme Court of the Philippines, 8 April 2014.</ref><ref>[https://pcw.gov.ph/assets/files/2021/11/CEDAW_C_PHL_9_8498_E.pdf Ninth periodic report submitted by the Philippines under article 18 of the Convention], Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 6 July 2021. Paragraph 123.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Poland|pref=Abortion in|Poland}}<ref>[https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19930170078 Law of 7 January 1993 on family planning, protection of the human fetus and conditions of admissibility of interruption of pregnancy], Internet System of Legal Acts, Sejm of the Republic of Poland {{in lang|pl}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|13 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|This ground was mentioned in the law but it was invalidated by a [[2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland#Constitutional Tribunal abortion case|judicial decision]] in 2020.<ref name=pl2>[https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20210000175/O/D20210175.pdf Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 22 October 2020, act K 1/20], Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland, 27 January 2021, item 175 {{in lang|pl}}.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|This ground was mentioned in the law but it was invalidated by a judicial decision in 1997.<ref name=pl1>[https://sip.lex.pl/orzeczenia-i-pisma-urzedowe/orzeczenia-sadow/k-26-96-orzeczenie-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego-520122839 Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 28 May 1997, K 26/96], Wolters Kluwer {{in lang|pl}}.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Portugal|pref=Abortion in|Portugal}}<ref>[https://dre.pt/web/guest/legislacao-consolidada/-/lc/169645978/202109140100/diplomaExpandido Penal Code], Electronic Journal of the Republic {{in lang|pt}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Qatar|pref=Abortion in|Qatar}}<ref>[https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=267&lawId=26&language=en Law No. 11 of 2004 Issuing the Penal Code], Qatar Legal Portal. Abortion. Articles 315–317.</ref><ref>[https://www.almeezan.qa/LawView.aspx?opt&LawID=253&language=ar Law No. (2) of 1983 in the matter of practicing the professions of human medicine and dental medicine and surgery], Qatar Legal Portal, 1 January 1983. Article 17 {{in lang|ar}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Romania|pref=Abortion in|Romania}}<ref>[https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/e5/Romania_Penal%20Code_am2017_en.pdf Criminal Code of the Republic of Romania (2009, amended 2017)], Legislationline.org.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Russia|pref=Abortion in|Russia}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://minzdrav.gov.ru/documents/7025-federalnyy-zakon-323-fz-ot-21-noyabrya-2011-gart.56 |language=Russian |trans-title=Federal Law of November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ "On the fundamentals of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation" |publisher=Minzdrav.gov.ru |date=2019-04-05 |accessdate=2022-03-04|title = Федеральный закон от 21 ноября 2011 г. № 323-ФЗ "Об основах охраны здоровья граждан в Российской Федерации"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://minzdrav.gov.ru/documents/7780-prikaz-minzdravsotsrazvitiya-rossii-736-ot-3-dekabrya-2007-g|title=Приказ Минздравсоцразвития России №736 от 3 декабря 2007 г.|website=minzdrav.gov.ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://minzdrav.gov.ru/documents/9154-prikaz-ministerstva-zdravoohraneniya-rossiyskoy-federatsii-ot-1-noyabrya-2012-g-572n-ob-utverzhdenii-poryadka-okazaniya-meditsinskoy-pomoschi-po-profilyu-akusherstvo-i-ginekologiya-za-isklyucheniem-ispolzovaniya-vspomogatelnyh-reproduktivnyh-tehnologiy|title=Приказ Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации от 1 ноября 2012 г.№ 572н "Об утверждении Порядка оказания медицинской помощи по профилю "акушерство и гинекология (за исключением использования вспомогательных репродуктивных технологий)""|website=minzdrav.gov.ru}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Rwanda|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://rwandalii.africanlii.org/sites/default/files/gazette/Official%2BGazette%2Bno%2B14%2Bof%2B08.04.2019.pdf Ministerial Order no. 002/MoH/2019 of 08/04/2019 determining conditions to be satisfied for a medical doctor to perform an abortion], Official Gazette of Rwanda, no. 14, 8 April 2019 {{in lang|rw|en|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Saint Kitts and Nevis|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]].<ref>[https://aglcskn.info/wp-content/documents/Act17TOC/Ch-04_21-Offences-Against-the-Person-Act.pdf Offences Against the Person Act], Law Commission of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis, revised edition as of 31 December 2017. Sections 53–54.</ref><ref>[https://aglcskn.info/wp-content/documents/Act02and09TOC/Ch-09_11-Infant-Life-Preservation-Act.pdf Infant Life (Preservation) Act], Law Commission of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis, revised edition as of 31 December 2002.</ref><ref name=caribbean/>{{rp|14}}}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Saint Lucia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.govt.lc/media.govt.lc/www/resources/legislation/Criminal%20Code.pdf Criminal Code, revised edition as 31 December 2005], Government of Saint Lucia, Chapter 1, Part 1, Sub-part D.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.oas.org/en/sla/dlc/mesicic/docs/mesicic5_svg_annex8.pdf Criminal Code], Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Section 149.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Samoa|pref=Abortion in|Samoa}}<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/93579/124323/F-1523655815/WSM93579%202015.pdf Crimes Act 2013], Ministry of Police of Samoa, 1 May 2013.</ref> || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|San Marino|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/lavori-consiliari/verbali-sedute/scheda17177841.html Law no. 127 – Regulation of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy], Grand and General Council, 7 September 2022. Articles 4–7 {{in lang|it}}.</ref> || {{yes|viability}}{{efn|In case of risk to the woman's life after fetal viability, the pregnancy may also be interrupted by attempting a live birth.}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|Permitted until fetal viability in case of a fetal anomaly that poses a risk to the woman's health.}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|São Tomé and Príncipe|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=st>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Sao-Tome-and-Principe-Penal-Code-2012.pdf Penal Code], Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, 2012. Book II, title I, chapter II {{in lang|pt}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit|}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Saudi Arabia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=sa>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Saudi-Arabia-Laws-pertaining-to-health-professions-practice.pdf Ministerial resolution no. 39644/1/12, dated 14/5/1427 AH], [[Ministry of Health (Saudi Arabia)|Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia]], c. 10 June 2006 {{in lang|ar}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || data-sort-value="17 weeks" {{yes|4 months}} || data-sort-value="5.7 weeks" {{yes2|40 days}}{{efn|name=sa|Abortion may also permitted up to 40 days of gestation for other reasons that are not economic or social concerns.<ref name=sa/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/1628427/saudi-arabias-abortion-laws-are-more-forgiving-than-alabamas/|title=Saudi Arabia's abortion laws are more forgiving than Alabama's|first=Ephrat|last=Livni|website=Quartz|date=25 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmc=6927385 | year=2019 | last1=Maffi | first1=I. | last2=Tønnessen | first2=L. | title=The Limits of the Law: Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa | journal=Health and Human Rights | volume=21 | issue=2 | pages=1–6 | pmid=31885431 }}</ref>}} || data-sort-value="5.7 weeks" {{yes2|40 days}}{{efn|name=sa}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Senegal|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=sn|The penal code prohibits abortion without any explicit exception,<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/70562/85594/F-2143944421/SEN-70562.pdf Penal Code of Senegal], 21 July 1965, with amendments up to 29 January 1999. Article 305 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> but the code of medical ethics permits abortion to save the woman's life.<ref>[https://www.ordremedecins.sn/textes-legaux/code-de-deontologie/ Code of Medical Ethics], National Order of Physicians of Senegal, 10 February 1967. Article 35 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref name=UN2019report/><ref>[https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/senegal-marieme-n-diaye-sur-la-depenalisation-de-l-avortement-le-debat-est-ouvert-11-04-2019-2307210_23.php Sénégal – Marième N'Diaye on the decriminalization of abortion: "the debate is open"], Le Point, 11 April 2019 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> The government has stated that abortion is authorized in case of risk to the woman's health.<ref>[https://undocs.org/CEDAW/C/SEN/3-7 Combined third to seventh periodic reports due in 2010, Senegal], Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 13 December 2013. Page 55.</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=sn}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Serbia|pref=Abortion in|Serbia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paragraf.rs/propisi/zakon_o_postupku_prekida_trudnoce_u_zdravstvenim_ustanovama.html|title=Zakon o postupku prekida trudnoće u zdravstvenim ustanovama|website=www.paragraf.rs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Dr. Katarina Sedlecki|date=30 September 2013|title=НАЦИОНАЛНИ ВОДИЧ ДОБРЕ КЛИНИЧКЕ ПРАКСЕ ЗА БЕЗБЕДНИ ПРЕКИД ТРУДНОЋЕ|language=sr|trans-title=NATIONAL GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDE FOR SAFE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY|publisher=Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia|website=Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia |url=http://www.vma.mod.gov.rs/radna-verzija-vodica-za-bezbedni-prekid-trudnoce.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423202417/http://www.vma.mod.gov.rs/radna-verzija-vodica-za-bezbedni-prekid-trudnoce.pdf}} pdf download</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Seychelles|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=sc|In some cases, abortion may be allowed up to fetal viability or 26 weeks of gestation.<ref>[https://seylii.org/sc/legislation/consolidated-act/236 Termination of Pregnancy Act], consolidated to 30 June 2012, Seychelles Legal Information Institute.</ref><ref>[http://www.health.gov.sc/wp-content/uploads/REPRODUCTIVE-HEALTH-POLICY-2012-last-version.pdf Reproductive health policy for Seychelles], Ministry of Health of Seychelles, January 2012.</ref>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=sc}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=sc}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=sc}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Sierra Leone|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=sl|Sierra Leone established that the laws in force in England in 1880 would be in force in Sierra Leone from 1965.<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150925105140/http://www.loc.gov/law/ Courts Act, 1965], Government of Sierra Leone. Article 74.</ref> One of these laws prohibited abortion done "unlawfully" without defining it.<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/100/crossheading/attempts-to-procure-abortion/enacted Offences Against the Person Act 1861], Legislation.gov.uk. Articles 58–59.</ref> A [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] in England in 1938 clarified that this law always implicitly allowed abortion at least to save the woman's life, and the decision allowed it also to preserve her health.<ref name=bourne/> It is unclear whether Sierra Leone applies only the original [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]] or also the judicial decision.<ref>[https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CEDAW-Shadow-Letter-on-Sierra-Leone-57th-Session-2014.pdf Supplementary Information on Sierra Leone, scheduled for review by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women during its 57th Session (February 2014)], [[Center for Reproductive Rights]], 24 January 2014. "This interpretation of the Offences Against the Person Act has not been tested in case law in Sierra Leone and therefore it remains unclear whether women terminating a pregnancy on such grounds would be criminally liable."</ref><ref>[https://www.catholicsforchoice.org/resource-library/understanding-abortion-access-in-africa/ Understanding Abortion Access in Africa], Catholics for Choice, 19 February 2014. "Sierra Leone is one of several Commonwealth countries to model its abortion policy after England's 1938 ''Rex v. Bourne'' decision, which established necessity{{snd}}that is, threats to a woman's mental and physical health{{snd}}as grounds for legal abortion."</ref> In 2015 the [[parliament of Sierra Leone]] passed a law allowing abortion on request but it was not signed by the [[President of Sierra Leone|president]] so it did not [[come into force]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35793186 Sierra Leone abortion bill blocked by President Bai Koroma again], BBC News, 12 March 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.girlsglobe.org/2021/04/20/fighting-unsafe-abortion-and-abortion-stigma-in-sierra-leone/ Fighting Unsafe Abortion and Abortion Stigma in Sierra Leone], Women's Health and Reproductive Rights Organization, 20 April 2021.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=sl}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Singapore|pref=Abortion in|Singapore}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/TPA1974|title=Termination of Pregnancy Act – Singapore Statutes Online|website=sso.agc.gov.sg}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Slovakia|pref=Abortion in|Slovakia}}<ref>"Zákon Slovenskej národnej rady o umelom prerušení tehotenstva" [Act of the Slovak National Council on Abortion]. [https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/1986/73/20111201 ''Law No. 73 of 23 October 1986''] {{in lang|sk}}. [[National Council (Slovakia)|Slovak National Council]].</ref><ref name=sk>"Vyhláška Ministerstva zdravotníctva Slovenskej socialistickej republiky, ktorou sa vykonáva zákon Slovenskej národnej rady č.73/1986 Zb. o umelom prerušení tehotenstva" [Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Socialist Republic, which implements the Act of the Slovak National Council No. 73/1986 Coll. on abortion]. [https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/1986/74 ''Decree No. 74 of 5 November 1986''] {{in lang|sk}}. Ministry of Health.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}}{{efn|In some cases, the gestational limit is 12 weeks.}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Slovenia|pref=Abortion in|Slovenia}}<ref>[http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/npbDocPdf?idPredpisa=ZAKO2518&idPredpisaChng=ZAKO408&type=pdf Law on health measures in the exercise of the right to freely decide on the birth of children], Government of Slovenia {{in lang|sl}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Solomon Islands|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.icrc.org/ihl-nat/a24d1cf3344e99934125673e00508142/3144948207a863a0c1257704004c46aa/$FILE/Solomon%20Islands%20-%20Penal%20Code%201963.pdf Penal Code], Laws of Solomon Islands. Articles 157–159, 221.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Somalia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Somalia-Constitution2012.pdf Provisional Constitution], University of Minnesota: Human Rights Library, 7 September 2012. Article 15.5.</ref><ref>[https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/03-Somalia-Penal-Code-1962.pdf Penal Code], Global Abortion Policies Database, 6 December 1962. Article 36 and part X.</ref>{{efn|Including [[Somaliland]].<ref>[http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Penal_Code_English.pdf Penal Code], Somalilandlaw.com.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jama|first=Ibrahim Hashi |date=30 January 2012|title=THE 2000 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND - english translation|website=Somaliland law |url=http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Somaliland_Constitution_Text_only_Eng_IJSLL.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=18 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518225724/http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Somaliland_Constitution_Text_only_Eng_IJSLL.pdf}}</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].{{Clarify|date=October 2021|reason=It is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution of Somalia, but not in Somaliland's}}}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|South Africa|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|South Korea|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|The laws of South Korea prohibited abortion except for risk to the woman's health, rape, incest, or certain medical conditions, up to 24 weeks of gestation.<ref>[https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_mobile/viewer.do?hseq=53018&type=sogan&key=10 Enforcement Decree of the Mother and Child Health Act], Government of South Korea.</ref> On 11 April 2019, the [[Constitutional Court of Korea|Constitutional Court]] ruled that the abortion restrictions were unconstitutional, giving the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|legislature]] until the end of 2020 to amend the laws to allow abortion on request with some gestational limit. In October 2020 the government proposed a limit of 14 weeks for abortion on request and 24 weeks for certain other cases, but the legislature did not approve this or any other proposal on the subject before the end of the year, so the abortion laws became automatically invalid on 1 January 2021.<ref name=kr>[https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2021-03-18/south-korea-abortion-decriminalized-since-january-1-2021 South Korea: Abortion decriminalized since January 1, 2021], Library of Congress, 18 March 2021.</ref> As of 20232024, the legislature had still not approved any of the proposals, leaving abortion decriminalized without a clear gestational limit.<ref>[https://koreajoongangdailywww.joinskoreaherald.com/2023/03/01/national/socialAffairs/abortion-Abortion-Crime-Constitutional-Court/20230301125603176view.htmlphp?ud=20240307050821 MurkyAbortion abortionin legislationS. leadsKorea: to rise inneither illegal, unregulatednor pillslegal], KoreaThe JoongAngKorea DailyHerald, 17 March 20232024.</ref>}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|24 weekspermitted}} || {{yes|24 weekspermitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=kr|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is established by judicial decision.<ref name=kr/>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=kr}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|South Ossetia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>"[https://ugo-osetia.ru/politika/ofitsialno/zakon-respubliki-yuzhnaya-osetiya-ob-osnovah-ohranyi-zdorovya-grazhdan-v-respublike-yuzhnaya-osetiya On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Republic of South Ossetia]", chapter 6, article 51. Ugo-osetia.ru.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|South Sudan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/IMG/pdf/penal_code_act_2008-2.pdf|title=Penal Code Act. Article 216|website=Sudantribune.com|access-date=2 March 2022|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016234057/http://www.sudantribune.com/IMG/pdf/penal_code_act_2008-2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Spain|pref=Abortion in|Spain}}<ref>[https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2010/03/04/pdfs/BOE-A-2010-3514.pdf Organic Law 2/2010, of 3 March, of sexual and reproductive health and of voluntary interruption of pregnancy], Boletín Oficial del Estado, 4 March 2010 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|In case of a fatal anomaly, no limit is specified.}} || {{yes|14 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Sri Lanka|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://citizenslanka.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Penal-Code-No-02-of-1883-E.pdf Penal code], Citizens Lanka, version as of 2002. Sections 303–307.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Sudan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1329_1202725629_sb106-sud-criminalact1991.pdf Penal Code], European Country of Origin Information Network, 1991.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Suriname|pref=Abortion in|Suriname}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law<ref>https://www.dna.sr/media/138146/S.B._2015_no._44_wet_van_30_mrt_15_wijz._wetboek_van_strafrecht.pdf {{in lang|nl}} title xix</ref> but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Sweden|pref=Abortion in|Sweden}}<ref>[https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/abortlag-1974595_sfs-1974-595 Abortion law], Riksdag of Sweden, version as of 1 June 2013 {{in lang|sv}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|18 weeks}} || {{yes|18 weeks}} || {{yes|18 weeks}} || {{yes|18 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Switzerland|pref=Abortion in|Switzerland}}<ref>[https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/oc/2002/429/fr/pdf-a/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-oc-2002-429-fr-pdf-a.pdf Swiss penal code (Interruption of pregnancy)], Federal Assembly of Switzerland {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Syria|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>"قانون مزاولة المهن الطبية في الجمهورية العربية السورية" [Law on the Practice of Medical Professions in the Syrian Arab Republic]. [http://www.parliament.gov.sy/arabic/index.php?node=55115&cat=8127 ''Article 47b, Legislative Decree No. 12 of 5 January 1970''] {{in lang|ar}}. [[People's Assembly of Syria]].</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Taiwan|pref=Abortion in|Taiwan}}<ref>[https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=L0070001 Genetic Health Act], Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China, 8 July 2009.</ref><ref>[https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=L0070002 Enforcement Rules of Genetic Health Act], Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China, 5 April 2012.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Tajikistan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ippfen.org/sites/ippfen/files/2020-06/The%20IPPF%20EN%20partner%20survey%20Abortion%20legislation%20and%20its%20implementation%20in%20Europe%20and%20Central%20Asia.pdf |title=Abortion legislation and its implementation in Europe and Central Asia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121035955/https://www.ippfen.org/sites/ippfen/files/2020-06/The%20IPPF%20EN%20partner%20survey%20Abortion%20legislation%20and%20its%20implementation%20in%20Europe%20and%20Central%20Asia.pdf |archive-date=21 November 2021 |publisher=International Planned Parenthood Federation |date=December 2019}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Tanzania|pref=Abortion in}}{{efn|In [[mainland Tanzania]], articles 150 to 152 of the penal code prohibit abortion done "unlawfully", and article 230 of the same law permits abortion to preserve the woman's life. Article 219 additionally prohibits "child destruction", meaning abortion after fetal viability, presumed at 28 weeks of pregnancy, but still permits it to preserve the woman's life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tanzlii.org/tz/legislation/act/2019-11 |title=The Penal Code, revised edition of 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204142351/https://tanzlii.org/tz/legislation/act/2019-11 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |publisher=Tanzania Legal Information Institute}}</ref> In [[Zanzibar]], the penal act has equivalent articles 129 to 131, 213 and 200.<ref>[http://www.zanzibarassembly.go.tz/act_2018/act_6.pdf Penal Act, 2018], Zanzibar House of Representatives, 16 March 2018.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law. A judicial decision by the [[East African Court of Appeal]], with jurisdiction over the predecessors of Tanzania, allowed abortion also to preserve the woman's health, and sources state that this decision remains binding after independence.<ref>[https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/crr_TZ_Briefing_Paper.PDF A technical guide to understanding the legal and policy framework on termination of pregnancy in mainland Tanzania], [[Center for Reproductive Rights]], 2012.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Thailand|pref=Abortion in|Thailand}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210206093234/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2564/A/010/T_0001.PDF Act, Amendment of the Criminal Code (No. 28)], Royal Government Gazette of Thailand, 6 February 2021 {{in lang|th}}.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221002222423/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2565/E/228/T_0001.PDF Announcement of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the examination and counseling on options for termination of pregnancy under section 305 (5) of the Penal Code], Royal Government Gazette of Thailand, 26 September 2022 {{in lang|th}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Togo|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---ilo_aids/documents/legaldocument/wcms_127592.pdf Law No. 2007-005, On Reproductive Health], Official Journal of the Togolese Republic, 10 January 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Tonga|pref=Abortion in|Tonga}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/to/legis/consol_act/co136/co136.html?stem=&synonyms=&query=criminal+offence|title=Criminal Offences|website=www.paclii.org}}</ref> but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051227114327fw_/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/tonga.doc (2001)</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Transnistria|state|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zakon-pmr.com/DetailDoc.aspx?document=59061 |title=Приказ Министерства здравоохранения и социальной защиты Приднестровской Молдавской Республики о порядке проведения и показаниях к операции искусственного прерывания беременности |trans-title=Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on the procedure and indications for artificial interruption of pregnancy |publisher=Zakon PMR |date=13 August 2004 |language=ru |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230404090307/http://zakon-pmr.com/DetailDoc.aspx?document=59061 |archive-date=4 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://minjust.org/oo/Publication.nsf/9306298df912e905c2258221004d4624/abbfe045b13c278dc22587350047aa2b |title=Приказ Министерство здравоохранения Приднестровской Молдавской Республики о внесении изменений в приказ Министерства здравоохранения Приднестровской Молдавской Республики о порядке проведения и показаниях к операции искусственного прерывания беременности |trans-title=Order of the Ministry of Health of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on making changes to the order of the Ministry of Health of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on the procedure and indications for artificial interruption of pregnancy |publisher=Ministry of Justice of Transnistria |date=18 August 2021 |language=ru}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Trinidad and Tobago|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=tt|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law<ref>{{cite web|title=CRIMINAL LAW ACT CHAPTER 10:04 - original 2006 updated 2016 modified 2018|website=Legal Affairs.Gov.TT |url=https://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/laws2/Alphabetical_List/lawspdfs/10.04.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628001831/https://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/laws2/Alphabetical_List/lawspdfs/10.04.pdf}}</ref> but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]] and established by [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]].{{Clarify|date=October 2021}}<ref>[http://www.mbtt.org/CodeOfEthics_Responsibilities_to_profession.htm Code of Ethics in the Practice of Medicine: Responsibilities to Profession], Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago.</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051227114327fw_/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/trinidad.doc (2001)</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=tt}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Tunisia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=tn>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/61250/60936/F1198127290/TUN-61250.pdf Penal Code], 2012. Article 214 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Turkey|pref=Abortion in|Turkey}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=2827&MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatTertip=5|title=Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi|website=www.mevzuat.gov.tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=837395&MevzuatTur=2&MevzuatTertip=5|title=Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi|website=www.mevzuat.gov.tr}}</ref><ref>[https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/58/Turkey_CC_2004_am2016_en.pdf Penal Code of Turkey (2004, amended 2016)], Legislationline.org. Article 99.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|10 weeks}} || {{yes|10 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Turkmenistan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.parahat.info/law/2015-06-02-zakon-turkmenistana-ob-ohrane-zdorovya-grajdan Law of Turkmenistan on the protection of the health of citizens], Neytralny Turkmenistan no. 138-139, 2 July 2015. Article 19 {{in lang|ru}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|5 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Tuvalu|pref=Abortion in|Tuvalu}}<ref>https://tuvalu-legislation.tv/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1965/1965-0007/PenalCode_1.pdf arts 150–152, 214, 227</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Uganda|pref=Abortion in|Uganda}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Ukraine|pref=Abortion in|Ukraine}}<ref>https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/435-15 art.281.6</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=ua|If the woman is under age 15 or over age 45, the gestational limit is 22 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/144-2006-%D0%BF|title=Про реалізацію статті 281 Цивільного кодексу України|website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/z1155-06|title=Про затвердження Інструкції про порядок проведення операції штучного переривання вагітності, форм первинної облікової документації та інструкцій щодо їх заповнення|website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України}}</ref>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=ua}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|United Kingdom|pref=Abortion in the|United Kingdom}} [<span class=mw-customtoggle-gb style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gb|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is considered to be included in a ground for preserving physical or mental health.<ref name=gb1>[http://www.efc.org.uk/rape-and-abortion/ Rape and abortion], EFC.</ref><ref name=gb2>[https://www.bpas.org/get-involved/campaigns/briefings/abortion-law/ Britain's abortion law], British Pregnancy Advisory Service.</ref><ref name=gb3>[https://www.132healthwise.com/know-your-abortion-rights-in-the-uk.php Know Your Abortion Rights in the UK], 123 Healthwise.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=gbni|Abortion for this ground is permitted only in [[Northern Ireland]], up to 12 weeks of gestation.<ref name=gbni/>}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|England|pref=Abortion in|England}}<ref name=gb>[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/87?view=extent Abortion Act 1967], Legislation.gov.uk.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Scotland|pref=Abortion in|Scotland}}<ref name=gb/> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Wales|pref=Abortion in|Wales}}<ref name=gb/> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|United States|pref=Abortion in the|United States}}<ref name=guttmacher>[https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/state-policies-later-abortions State bans on abortion throughout pregnancy], Guttmacher Institute, 29 August 2023.</ref> [<span class=mw-customtoggle-us style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes|no limit}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=us|Abortion for this ground is not permitted in some [[U.S. state|states]].}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=us}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=us}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=us}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=us}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Alabama|pref=Abortion in|Alabama}}<ref name=usal>[https://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/B19136AA.ACR.pdf Alabama Human Life Protection Act], Alabama Legislature, 2019.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Permitted in case of a lethal anomaly up to 20 weeks from fertilization, considered as 22 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref>[http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/26-23B-5.htm Section 26-23B-5], Alabama Legislature.</ref><ref name=usal/>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Alaska|pref=Abortion in|Alaska}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Arizona|pref=Abortion in|Arizona}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03603.htm|title=Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13. Criminal Code §13-3603|access-date= 9 December 2022}}</ref><ref>[https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/sb1164p.pdf SB 1164], Arizona State Senate, 2022.</ref><ref name=usaz>{{Citecite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=Appeals court reinstates injunction blocking abortion ban|url=https://apnewswww.comazag.gov/articleissues/abortion-usreproductive-supreme-court-health-planned-parenthood-business-8cedb01d5ce493968ef75d731f1084cdrights |access-datetitle=2022-10-07|website=APImportant information about abortion access in Arizona NEWS|languagepublisher=enArizona Attorney General}}</ref>|| {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=us2usaz|A law prohibits abortion on this ground or sets a lower gestational limit but it is suspended by judicial decision and set to be repealed on 14 September 2024.<ref name=usaz/>}} || {{yes2|15 weeks}}{{efn|name=us2usaz}} || {{yes2|15 weeks}}{{efn|name=us2usaz}} || {{yes2|15 weeks}}{{efn|name=us2usaz}} || {{yes2|15 weeks}}{{efn|name=us2usaz}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Arkansas|pref=Abortion in|Arkansas}}<ref>[https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/Document?type=pdf&act=180&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R SB149], Arkansas General Assembly, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2021R%2FPublic%2F&file=309.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2021R SB6], Arkansas General Assembly, 2021.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|California|pref=Abortion in|California}}{{efn|name=USstatecon|This [[U.S. state]] has explicitly amended its [[State constitution (United States)|constitution]] to guarantee the right to an abortion to its residents.}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Colorado|pref=Abortion in|Colorado}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Connecticut|pref=Abortion in|Connecticut}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Delaware|pref=Abortion in|Delaware}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Florida|pref=Abortion in|Florida}}<ref name=usfl>[https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0005er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0005&Session=2022 CS/HB 5], Florida House of Representatives, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/05/florida-abortion-ban-restored-15-weeks Florida restores state abortion ban beyond 15 weeks after temporary halt] The Guardian, 6 July 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|15 weeks}} || {{yes|15 weeks}}{{efn|Permitted until viability if the fetus has a fatal anomaly.<ref name=usfl/>}} || {{yes|15 weeks}} || {{yes|15 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2020/title-16/chapter-12/article-5/section-16-12-141/ Georgia Code section 16-12-141], Justia, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2020/title-31/chapter-9b/section-31-9b-1/ Georgia Code section 31-9B-1], Justia, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.axios.com/2022/11/23/georgia-supreme-court-reinstates-six-week-abortion-ban Georgia Supreme Court reinstates state's 6-week abortion ban], Axios, 23 November 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4|Defined as 20 weeks from fertilization, considered as 22 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref name=guttmacher/>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|heartbeat}}{{efn|name=us3|Prohibited [[Heartbeat bill|after embryonic or fetal cardiac activity is detected]], which is possible after approximately '''6 weeks''' of gestation.}} || {{yes|heartbeat}}{{efn|name=us3}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Hawaii|pref=Abortion in|Hawaii}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Idaho|pref=Abortion in|Idaho}}<ref name=usid>[https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH6/SECT18-622/ Section 18-622], Idaho Legislature, 2023.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|This ground is not mentioned in the state law but it is established by judicial decision based on federal law.<ref>[{{cite web |url=https://www.reutersnbcnews.com/legalpolitics/idahosupreme-cancourt-enforcesidesteps-abortionruling-banemergency-medicalroom-emergenciesabortion-courtaccess-rules-2023dispute-09-29/rcna159111 Idaho|title=Supreme canCourt enforceallows abortionemergency banabortions in medicalIdaho emergencies,for courtnow rules],|publisher=NBC Reuters,|date=27 29June September 2023.2024}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}}|| {{yes|15 weeks}}{{efn|Defined as 13 weeks from fertilization, considered as 15 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref name=usid/><ref>[https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH6/SECT18-604/ Section 18-604], Idaho Legislature, 2023.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Illinois|pref=Abortion in|Illinois}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Indiana|pref=Abortion in|Indiana}}<ref name=usin>[http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022ss1/bills/senate/1 Senate Bill 1], Indiana General Assembly, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/indianas-near-total-abortion-ban-cleared-effect-supreme-court-decision-dobbs-exceptions-law/531-f4bf9db5-d28b-4648-8f3d-4baee26be1b2 Indiana's near-total abortion ban goes into effect after Supreme Court decision], WTHR, 21 August 2023.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|Defined as 10 weeks from fertilization, considered as 12 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref name=usin/>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Permitted in case of a lethal anomaly up to 20 weeks from fertilization, considered as 22 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref name=usin/>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Iowa|pref=Abortion in|Iowa}}<ref>[https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=90&ba=HSB255 HSB 255]</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/iowa-judge-temporarily-blocks-6-week-abortion-ban-rcna94634 Iowa judge temporarily blocks 6-week abortion ban], NBC, 17 July 2023</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2|A law prohibits abortion on this ground or sets a lower gestational limit but it is suspended by judicial decision.}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Kansas|pref=Abortion in|Kansas}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Kentucky|pref=Abortion in|Kentucky}}<ref>[https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49228 KRS 311.722], Kentucky General Assembly.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Oriana|title=Kentucky Supreme Court refuses to block state abortion bans|url=https://www.axios.com/2023/02/16/kentucky-supreme-court-abortion-bans-trigger/|website=Axios|date=February 16, 2023}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} ||{{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Louisiana|pref=Abortion in|Louisiana}}<ref name=usla>[http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289698 Act No. 545], Louisiana State Legislature, 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Permitted in certain cases of fatal anomalies.<ref name=usla/><ref>[https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Rulemaking/er/LDH_ER_List_of_Conditions_that_Shall_Deem_an_Unborn_Child_Medically_Futile_CLV_Signed_and_Dated_1_August_2022.pdf List of conditions that shall deem an unborn child "medically futile"], Louisiana Department of Health, 2022.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Maine|pref=Abortion in|Maine}}<ref name=usme>[https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec1598.html Title 22 §1598. Abortions], Maine Revised Statutes, Maine Legislature.</ref> || {{efnyes|Ano lawlimit}} allowing|| abortion{{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}}{{efn|name=usme|Abortion after viability is allowed if a physician judges it "necessary" under the "applicable standard of care" is scheduled to enter into force on 25 October 2023.<ref>[https://legislature.maine.gov/ros/LawsOfMaine/breeze/Law/getDocById/?docId name=103440 An Act to Improve Maine's Reproductive Privacy Laws], Chapter 416, Maine Legislature, 19 July 2023.<usme/ref><ref>[https://legislature.maine.gov Maine State Legislature]</ref>}} || {{yes|no limitviability}} || {{yesefn|no limitname=usme}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yesefn|viability}} || {{yes|viabilityname=usme}} || {{yes|viability}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Massachusetts|pref=Abortion in|Massachusetts}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Michigan|pref=Abortion in|Michigan}}{{efn|name=USstatecon}}<ref>[https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billanalysis/Senate/htm/2023-SFA-0002-N.htm Abortion penalties; repeal], Michigan Legislature.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Minnesota}}||pref=Abortion {{yes|no limitin}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}}{{efn|name=usmn|Some scholars claim that a 1976 judicial decision (''Hodgson v. Lawson''<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/hodgson-v-lawson Hodgson v. Lawson], Casetext.</ref>) or a 2023 law (''Protect Reproductive Options Act''<ref>[https://www.revisor.mn.gov/billsstatutes/textcite/145.php?number=HF1&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0412 HF145.412 1Repealed], Minnesota LegislatureStatutes, 2023Minnesota Legislature.</ref>) invalidate the state's limit at fetal viability, thus allowing abortion without gestational limit for any reason, but the state government, medical providers and other sources interpret that the legal limit remains at actual viability.<ref>[https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2022/cite/145.411412 145.411412 RegulationCriminal of abortions; definitionsacts], 2022 Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Legislature.</ref>}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}} || {{efnyes|name=usmnno limit}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}} || {{efnyes|name=usmnno limit}} || {{yes|viabilityno limit}} || {{efnyes|name=usmnno limit}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Mississippi|pref=Abortion in|Mississippi}}<ref>[http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1400SG.htm House Bill 1400], Mississippi Legislature, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2391SG.htm Senate Bill 2391] Mississippi Legislature, 2007.</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Health/abortion-trigger-law-effect-mississippi-case-overturned-roe/story?id=86366550 Abortion trigger law goes into effect in Mississippi, where the case that overturned Roe v. Wade originated], ABC News, 7 July 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Missouri|pref=Abortion in|Missouri}}<ref>[https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills191/hlrbillspdf/0461S.18T.pdf HB126], Missouri General Assembly, 2019.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Montana|pref=Abortion in|Montana}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Nebraska|pref=Abortion in|Nebraska}}<ref>[https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=28-3,106 Nebraska Revised Statute 28-3,106. Abortion; performance; restrictions], Nebraska Legislature.</ref><ref>[https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB574.pdf Legislative Bill 574], Nebraska Legislature, 22 May 2023.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Nevada|pref=Abortion in|Nevada}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|New Hampshire|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=1193&txtFormat=html House bill 1609-FN], General Court of New Hampshire, 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|New Jersey|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|New Mexico|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/gov-lujan-grisham-signs-senate-bill-10-repealing-1969-abortion-ban-/6024875/ Gov. Lujan Grisham signs Senate Bill 10, repealing 1969 abortion ban], KOB, 26 February 2021.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|New York|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=usny|Also allowed after this period if there is an absence of fetal viability.<ref>[https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/2599-BB Chapter 45, article 25-A, section 2599-BB, Abortion], Consolidated Laws of New York, New York State Senate.</ref>}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=usny}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=usny}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=usny}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|North Carolina|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=usnc>[https://ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2023-2024/SL2023-14.pdf Session law 2023-14], General Assembly of North Carolina.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|20 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|Permitted up to 24 weeks of gestation in case of a life-limiting anomaly.<ref name=usnc/>}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|North Dakota|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/bill-overview/bo2150.html SB 2150], North Dakota Legislature.</ref>|| {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|6 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Ohio|pref=Abortion in|Ohio}}<ref>[https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-codeconstitution/section-29191.201 Section 2919.201 – Abortion after gestational age of 20 weeks22], Ohio Revised Code, Legislative Service Commission of OhioConstitution.</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1123054970/ohio-abortion-ban-law-blocked-judge A judge temporarily blocks an Ohio law banning most abortions], National Public Radio, 14 September 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4viability}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4viability}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4viability}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4viability}}{{efn|name=us2}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Oklahoma|pref=Abortion in|Oklahoma}}<ref>[https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/os21.pdf Section 21-861], Oklahoma Senate, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENR/SB/SB612%20ENR.PDF SB 612], Oklahoma Legislature, 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Oregon|pref=Abortion in|Oregon}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Pennsylvania|pref=Abortion in|Pennsylvania}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Rhode Island|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|South Carolina|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c041.php Title 44 – Health, Chapter 41 – Abortions], South Carolina Code of Laws, South Carolina Legislature.</ref><ref>[https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/474.htm Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act], South Carolina General Assembly, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/politics/south-carolina-supreme-court-six-week-abortion-ban/index.html South Carolina Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban], CNN, 23 August 2023.</ref>|| {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|heartbeat}}{{efn|name=us3}} || {{yes|heartbeat}}{{efn|name=us3}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|South Dakota|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/2047216 Codified law 22-17-5.1], South Dakota Legislature.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Tennessee|pref=Abortion in|Tennessee}}<ref>[https://legiscan.com/TN/text/HB1029/id/1893924/Tennessee-2019-HB1029-Draft.pdf HB1029], Tennessee State Legislature, 2019.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Texas|pref=Abortion in|Texas}}<ref>[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/executive-management/Post-Roe%20Advisory.pdf Advisory on Texas law upon reversal of Roe v. Wade], Attorney General of Texas.</ref><ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/02/texas-abortion-1925-ban-supreme-court/ Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says], The Texas Tribune, 2 July 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Utah|pref=Abortion in|Utah}}<ref>[https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0136.html HB136], Utah State Legislature, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/sb0174.html SB174], Utah State Legislature, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/utah-judge-blocks-states-sweeping-new-abortion-ban-2022-07-11/ Utah judge blocks state's sweeping new abortion ban], Reuters, 12 July 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|18 weeks}}{{efn|In case of a lethal anomaly or a severe brain abnormality, no limit is specified.}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|18 weeks}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|18 weeks}}{{efn|name=us2}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Vermont|pref=Abortion in|Vermont}}{{efn|name=USstatecon}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

| {{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Virginia|pref=Abortion in|Virginia}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}}

|&emsp;{{flagg||Washington|link=Abortion in Washington}}<ref>[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.02&full=true Chapter 9.02, Abortion], Revised Code of Washington, Washington State Legislature.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|West Virginia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=uswv>[http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB302%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=3X&i=302 House Bill 302], West Virginia Legislature, 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|11 weeks}}{{efn|Defined as 8 weeks from implantation, approximately 11 weeks from the last menstrual period. If the patient is a minor or an incompetent or incapacitated adult, abortion in case of rape is permitted in the first 14 weeks from implantation, approximately 17 weeks from the last menstrual period.<ref name=uswv/>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Permitted with no gestational limit if the fetus has a lethal anomaly.<ref name=uswv/>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Wisconsin|pref=Abortion in|Wisconsin}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/253 |title= Chapter 253, Maternal and child health |publisher=Wisconsin State Legislature}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/legislative_reports/lrb_legislative_report_15_2.pdf |title=Abortion Laws in Wisconsin |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |date=December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223074248/https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/legislative_reports/lrb_legislative_report_15_2.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lehr|first1=Sarah|last2=Faust|first2=Margaret|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/21/1200610927/abortions-resume-in-wisconsin-after-15-months-of-legal-uncertainty|title=Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty |website=NPR|date=21 September 2023|access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|name=us4}}{{efn|name=us2}}

|&emsp;{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Wyoming|pref=Abortion in|Wyoming}}<ref>[https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/HB0092 HB0092], Wyoming Legislature, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0152 HB0152], Wyoming Legislature, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gruver|first=Mead|title=Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect|url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-ban-wyoming-1688775972407a02b2431a69abdb4670|website=AP News|date=March 22, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{yes2|viability}}{{efn|name=us2}} || {{yes2|viability}}{{efn|name=us2}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Uruguay|pref=Abortion in|Uruguay}}<ref>[https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/leyes/18987-2012 Law on voluntary interruption of pregnancy. Abortion law], National Directorate of Prints and Official Publications, 30 October 2012 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.mysu.org.uy/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Descargue-aquí-el-Manual-de-Procedimientos-IVE.pdf Manual of Procedures for the Sanitary Management of Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy], [[Ministry of Public Health (Uruguay)|Ministry of Public Health]], 2014 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}{{efn|name=uy|A judge may also remove the penalty for abortion on this ground in the first 3 months from conception.<ref>[https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/codigo-penal/9155-1933 Penal Code], National Directorate of Prints and Official Publications, updated on 9 July 2020 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=uy}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Uzbekistan|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>"Об утверждении стандартов искусственного

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Vanuatu|pref=Abortion in|Vanuatu}}<ref name=vu>{{cite web|date=17 November 2011|title=Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, consolidated edition 2006 – Penal Code, Ch. 135. Article 117 |website=International Labour Organization|url-status=live|archive-date=19 October 2021 |url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/88512/101229/F1616956608/VUT88512.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019005957/http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/88512/101229/F1616956608/VUT88512.pdf}}</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|The penal code says that abortion is permitted for "good medical reasons"<ref name=vu/> but is unclear whether it means only to save the woman's life or also to preserve her health. The UN source marks it as a permitted ground.}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Vatican City|pref=Abortion in}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|The [[law of Vatican City]] is primarily based on the [[canon law of the Catholic Church]] and applies the [[Zanardelli Code|Italian penal code]] in force in 1929 with local modifications.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/labour_office/docs/documents/ulsa_b16_1_it.html Law on the sources of law], ''[[Acta Apostolicae Sedis]]'', Supplement for the laws and provisions of Vatican City State, 1 October 2008. {{in lang|it}}</ref> Both sources of law prohibit abortion without explicitly mentioning any exception.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P57.HTM Title VI. Delicts against human life and freedom], Code of Canon Law, Holy See.</ref><ref name=it1889>[http://www.antropologiagiuridica.it/cp1889.pdf Penal code for the Kingdom of Italy, 1889], University of Brescia College of Law. {{in lang|it}}</ref> Article 49 of the penal code lists the [[Right of self-defense|principle of necessity to save one's life]], which removes punishment for any action that would otherwise be a crime,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0ohOAQAAIAAJ&pg=145 Report to His Majesty the King from the Minister Keeper of the Seals (Zanardelli) at the hearing of 30 June 1889 for the approval of the final text of the penal code], pp. 145–146. "On the agreed proposal of the parliamentary commissions, the provision that was read in the bill, according to which it was declared 'not punishable the doctor or surgeon, when he justifies having acted in order to save the woman's life, endangered by the pregnancy or by childbirth', was deleted"; "The vote expressed in agreement in parliament led me to the aforesaid deletion, not to exclude the application of the concept that was expressed there, but because it was superfluous and inappropriate to declare it, providing if needed article 49 number 3, the application of which would be only, and without reason, restricted." {{in lang|it}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ctcVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA29 Criminal abortion in the Italian penal code], Pasquale Tuozzi, Filippo Serafini Legal Archive, 1902, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 29. "However, if you want to search for a provision in our code that covers the surgeon, in addition to article 45, in which the aforesaid reason is rooted, there is also number 3 of article 49, where it is declared the nonresponsibility of one who acts compelled by the need to save himself or others from a serious and imminent danger to the person, to which he did not voluntarily give cause, and which he could not otherwise avoid. Well, these extremes of the state of necessity all apply in the case of the surgeon, who, put in the harsh condition, not created by him, extinguishes an imperfect and perhaps uncertain existence, to save a certain and real existence, which is that of the woman in childbirth." {{in lang|it}}</ref> but the Church's official interpretation of [[canon 1398]] is more restrictive, allowing in such cases only [[indirect abortion]] under the [[principle of double effect]].<ref>[https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/abortion-and-the-catholic-church-9580 Abortion and the Catholic Church], Pro-Life Activist's Encyclopedia, American Life League.</ref><ref>[http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives/011703/011703d.htm Under Vatican ruling, abortion triggers automatic excommunication], National Catholic Reporter, 17 January 2003.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Venezuela|pref=Abortion in|Venezuela}}<ref>[https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/mesicic3_ven_anexo6.pdf Penal Code of Venezuela], Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 20 October 2000. Article 435 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.paho.org/ven/images/stories/VEN/protocolos/obstetrico/PROTOCOLO_OBSTETRICO.pdf Protocols of care. Prenatal care and emergency obstetric care], Government of Venezuela, March 2014 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Vietnam|pref=Abortion in|Vietnam}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Trần Minh Nghĩa|date=24 August 2018|title=HƯỚNG DÉN QUỐC GIA|language=vi|trans-title=NATIONAL GUIDELINES|website=Ministry of Health - Government of Vietnam|url-status=live|archive-date=23 November 2021 |url=https://mch.moh.gov.vn/Upload/Documents/2018/10/41ec50b84ccf0e7baa8af44b58efe8d1-HDQG%20cham%20soc%20bmte%20ver%202018%20final%20280718.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123090732/https://mch.moh.gov.vn/Upload/Documents/2018/10/41ec50b84ccf0e7baa8af44b58efe8d1-HDQG%20cham%20soc%20bmte%20ver%202018%20final%20280718.pdf}}</ref><ref>https://m.thuvienphapluat.vn/van-ban/the-thao-y-te/luat-bao-ve-suc-khoe-nhan-dan-1989-21-lct-hdnn8-37690.aspx 44</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|22 weeks}}{{efn|Depending on the capacity at each level of hospital.<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/S0968-8080%2808%2931393-7 Second Trimester Abortion in Viet Nam: Changing to Recommended Methods and Improving Service Delivery], Tuyet T.D. Hoang, Thuy Phan and Trang N.K. Huynh, 2 September 2008.</ref><ref>[https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/vietnam/healthcare/pregnancy-birth/termination-abortion Termination of Pregnancy and Abortion in Vietnam], Angloinfo.</ref><ref>[https://arrow.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Country-Profile-on-SRR-Vietnam.pdf Country Profile on Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Vietnam], Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women, 2017.</ref>}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Yemen|pref=Abortion in|Yemen}}<ref>https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1197106/1504_1218032308_republican-decree-by-law-no-12-for-1994-concerning-crimes-and-penalties.pdf (penal code) https://yemen-nic.info/db/laws_ye/detail.php?ID=11424 art.240 https://yemen-nic.info/db/laws_ye/detail.php?ID=11755</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Zambia|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.parliament.gov.zm/sites/default/files/documents/acts/Termination%20of%20Pregnancy%20Act.pdf The Termination of Pregnancy Act], National Assembly of Zambia.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Zimbabwe|pref=Abortion in|Zimbabwe}}<ref>{{Cite book|author=[[Ministry of Health and Child Care (Zimbabwe)|Ministry of Health and Child Welfare]]|url=https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/10-Zimbabwe-National-Guidelines-for-Post-Abortion-Care-Ministry-of-Health-2001.pdf|title=National Guidelines for Post Abortion Care|publisher=Hunyani Printopak|year=2001|isbn=1-779-09-010-2|edition=1st|location=Harare}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=October 2018|title=Induced Abortion and Postabortion Care in Zimbabwe|url=https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/abortion-zimbabwe|publisher=[[Guttmacher Institute]]|quote=In practice, it is extremely difficult to obtain a legal abortion; as a result, most abortions are clandestine and potentially unsafe.}} Updated as of 16 July 2019.</ref> || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{yes2|22 weeks}}{{efn|Abortion is not permitted for rape within marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.co.zw/download/termination-of-pregnancy-act |title=Termination Of Pregnancy Act [Chapter 15:10] – law.co.zw}}</ref>}} || {{yes|22 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=zw|The 2014 Guidelines for Comprehensive Abortion Care says "In Zimbabwe termination of pregnancy may be permitted for [[HIV positive people|HIV-positive]] women if they choose to do so."<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=National Guidelines for Comprehensive Abortion care in Zimbabwe - 2014|website=Ministry of Health and Child Care|url=https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/05-Zimbabwe-National-Guidelines-for-Comprehensive-Abortion-care-2014.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018194740/https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/05-Zimbabwe-National-Guidelines-for-Comprehensive-Abortion-care-2014.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=zw}}

|{{noflag|[[Abortion in Akrotiri and Dhekelia|Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]}}<ref>[https://sbaadministration.org/home/legislation/01_02_09_05_ORDINANCES/01_02_09_05_15_ORD_1974/19740101_Ord09_G393_u.pdf Abortion Ordinance], Sovereign Base Areas Gazette, 21 October 1974.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gbt|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law, but the identical text in the law of the parent country is considered to include this ground in a ground for preserving physical or mental health.<ref name=gb1/><ref name=gb2/><ref name=gb3/>}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gbt}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|American Samoa|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://new.asbar.org/code-annotated/46-3903-authorized-abortions/ 46.3903 Authorized abortions], Annotated Code of American Samoa, American Samoa Bar Association.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Anguilla|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.gov.ai/laws/C140-Criminal%20Code/ Criminal Code of Anguilla], Government of Anguilla, 15 December 2014.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Aruba|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.government.aw/document.php?m=25&fileid=98455&f=d9047f7991ecda503e0476426292ae24&c=22918 Criminal Code of Aruba], Government of Aruba, 28 September 2021. Articles 2:270 to 2:272 {{in lang|nl}}.</ref> || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=awcwsx|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is accepted as a general [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]].<ref name=caribbean/>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Bermuda|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.bermudalaws.bm/laws/Consolidated%20Laws/Criminal%20Code%20Act%201907.pdf Criminal Code Act 1907], Bermuda Laws Online, 30 August 2020.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|British Virgin Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[https://bvi.gov.vg/sites/default/files/resources/criminal_code_-_legislation.pdf Criminal Code of the Virgin Islands], Government of the British Virgin Islands, 1997.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|28 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Cayman Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[https://legislation.gov.ky/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1975/1975-0012/PenalCode_2019%20Revision.pdf Penal Code], Government of the Cayman Islands, 2019.</ref> || {{yes|permitted}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Cook Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[http://www.paclii.org/ck/legis/num_act/ca196982/ Crimes Act 1969], Cook Islands Sessional Legislation, Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Sections 202–207.</ref>{{efn|The [[Parliament of the Cook Islands|parliament]] has proposed a law allowing abortion also in case of risk to health, rape and fetal impairment,<ref>[https://parliament.gov.ck/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Crimes-Bill-2017-final.pdf Crimes Bill 2017], Cook Islands Parliament.</ref> but it has not yet been approved.<ref>[https://parliament.gov.ck/parliamentary-business/bills/ Bills], Cook Islands Parliament.</ref>}} || {{yes|permitted}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law, but it is established by a [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision in the parent country]]. A UN source states this it in unclear whether this judicial precedent also applies to the Cook Islands, but it lists this ground as permitted there.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110514054409/https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/cookislands.doc Cook Islands], Population Policy Data Bank, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. Archived from [https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/cookislands.doc the original] on 14 May 2011.</ref>}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Curaçao|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/P.B._2011__no._48.pdf Criminal Code], Government of Curaçao, 2019. {{in lang|nl}}</ref> || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=awcwsx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=cw|Although illegal, the government does not prosecute abortions performed under rules similar to other countries, including on request.<ref>[https://antilliaansdagblad.com/nieuws-menu/10430-hoognodige-abortuswet-ontbreekt Much-needed abortion law is missing], Antilliaans Dagblad, 17 February 2015. {{in lang|nl}}</ref>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=cw}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=cw}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=cw}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=cw}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Falkland Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.fk/view/html/inforce/2020-09-01/fiord-2014-13 Crimes Ordinance 2014], Falkland Islands Government, 2019.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gbt}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gbt}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Faroe Islands|pref=Abortion in the|Faroe Islands}}<ref name=fo>[https://www.logir.fo/Lov/177-fra-23-06-1956-nr-177-af-23-juni-1956-om-foranstaltninger-i-anledning Law no. 177 of 23 June 1956 on measures in connection with pregnancy etc., last amended by assembly law no. 168 from 16 December 2021], [[Løgting]] {{in lang|da|fo}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{yes|16 weeks}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|Permitted up to 16 weeks of gestation if medical circumstances make the woman unfit to care for her child.<ref name=fo/>}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Gibraltar|pref=Abortion in|Gibraltar}}<ref name=gi>[https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/legislations/crimes-amendment-act-2019-4693 Crimes (Amendment) Act 2019], Government of Gibraltar.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=gi|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law but it is considered to be included in the ground for preserving physical or mental health.<ref name=gi/><ref>[https://guardian.ng/news/gibraltar-votes-yes-to-easing-abortion-laws Gibraltar votes 'yes' to easing abortion laws], The Guardian, 25 June 2021.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|12 weeks}}{{efn|name=gbt}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Greenland|pref=Abortion in|Greenland}}<ref name=gl>[https://nun.gl/-/media/landslaegeembedet/sundhedsprofessionelle/groenlands-sundhedslovgivning/lov-232---1975-svangerskabsafbrydelse.pdf Law No. 232, Law for Greenland about Termination of Pregnancy], Government of Greenland, 12 June 1975 {{in lang|da|kl}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Guam|pref=Abortion in|Guam}}<ref>[http://www.guamcourts.org/CompilerofLaws/GCA/09gca/9gc031.PDF Offenses against the family], Compiler of Laws of Guam, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.postguam.com/news/local/ag-old-abortion-ban-was-always-void-legislature-can-now-decide/article_5c4a2e26-fdcd-11ec-a5b5-474c3f10d69d.html AG: Old abortion ban was always void; Legislature can now decide], The Guam Daily Post, 9 July 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=gu|Although the law permits abortions on request, no medical providers in the territory perform them except to save the woman's life.<ref>[https://apnews.com/c2537d19a3024554baa5e617d5381c9c Abortions are legal in Guam, but doctors won't perform them], Associated Press, 7 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2018/06/30/no-abortion-providers-guam/744847002/ No abortion providers on Guam], Pacific Daily News, 30 June 2018.</ref>}} || {{yes2|26 weeks}}{{efn|name=gu}} || {{yes2|26 weeks}}{{efn|name=gu}} || {{yes2|13 weeks}}{{efn|name=gu}} || {{yes2|13 weeks}}{{efn|name=gu}}

|{{noflag|[[Abortion in the United Kingdom#Guernsey|Guernsey]]}} [<span class=mw-customtoggle-gg style=color:#0645AD>subdivisions</span>] || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gg1|In [[Alderney]] and [[Sark]], this ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law.<ref name=gg1>[http://www.guernseylegalresources.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=96831 Law on abortion], Guernsey Legal Resources, 1910. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> A [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] on an identical law in the parent country clarified that the law always implicitly allowed abortion at least to save the woman's life, and the decision allowed it also to preserve her health.<ref name=bourne>[https://www.law.utoronto.ca/utfl_file/count/documents/reprohealth/united_kingdom_1938_bourne.pdf ''Rex v. Bourne''], Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, 18–19 July 1938.</ref> It is unclear whether Alderney and Sark apply only the original [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]] or also the judicial decision.}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gg1}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=gg2|ThisAbortion for this ground is permitted in the jurisdiction of [[Guernsey]], but not in [[Alderney]] or [[Sark]].<ref name=gg1/><ref name=gg2/>}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=gg2}} || {{partial|varies}}{{efn|name=gg2}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Alderney|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=gg1/>{{efn|name=gg3|Although not allowed by Alderney law, abortions are provided in Alderney under the same conditions as in Guernsey, as health services in Alderney operate under Guernsey law.<ref>[https://alderney.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=155537 Billet d'État] (state note), States of Alderney, 20 July 2022.</ref> To resolve the legal contradiction, in 2022 the [[States of Alderney]] passed an abortion law identical to the one in Guernsey, and it awaits a regulation to establish the effective date.<ref>[https://www.guernseylegalresources.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?documentid=83864 Abortion (Alderney) Law, 2022], Guernsey Legal Resources.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gg1}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gg1}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=gg3}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=gg3}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=gg3}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Guernsey|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=gg2>[https://www.guernseylegalresources.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?documentid=62459 Abortion (Guernsey) Law, 1997], Guernsey Legal Resources, consolidated text effective 2 February 2022.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gbt}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gbt}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|&emsp;{{flagFlagg|**p|Sark|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=gg1/> || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gg1}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gg1}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Hong Kong|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap212 Cap. 212 Offences against the person ordinance], Hong Kong e-Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in the**p|Isle of Man|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://legislation.gov.im/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/2019/2019-0001/AbortionReformAct2019_1.pdf Abortion Reform Act 2019], Isle of Man Legislation.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|23 weeks}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|23 weeks}} || {{yes|14 weeks}}

||{{flag+linkFlagg|**p|Jersey|pref=Abortion in|Jersey}}<ref>[https://www.jerseylaw.je/laws/revised/Pages/20.925.aspx Termination of Pregnancy (Jersey) Law 1997], Jersey Legal Information Board, 2019.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}} || {{yes|12 weeks}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Macau|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[https://bo.io.gov.mo/bo/i/95/48/declei59.asp Decree-Law no. 59/95/M], Official Press of Macau, 2004. {{in lang|pt}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Montserrat|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://agc.gov.ms/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/penal_code.pdf |title=Penal Code |publisher=Government of Montserrat |date=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222173718/http://agc.gov.ms/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/penal_code.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{yes|viability}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Niue|pref=Abortion in}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=nu|A law enacted by New Zealand for Niue in 1966 prohibited abortion done "unlawfully", without defining it,<ref>[http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Volume%203.pdf Niue Laws, Volume 3], Government of Niue, December 2006, p. 1168. Niue Act 1966, sections 166–168.</ref> but a [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] applicable in New Zealand allowed abortion in case of risk to the woman's life or health, and a UN source states this judicial precedent probably applies to Niue as well.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050111012821/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/niue.doc Niue], Population Policy Data Bank, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. Archived from [https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/niue.doc the original] on 11 January 2005.</ref> In 2007, New Zealand repealed the sections of law that prohibited abortion in Niue,<ref>[https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1966/0038/latest/whole.html Niue Act 1966], New Zealand Government, reprint as of 1 March 2017.</ref> but they remain in force in Niue<ref>[https://www.gov.nu/wb/media/TABLE%20OF%20ACTS%20IN%20FORCE.pdf Table of Acts in Force], Government of Niue, 1 June 2016.</ref> as legislation enacted by New Zealand after 1974 does not apply to Niue without its consent.<ref>[http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Volume%201.pdf Niue Laws, Volume 1], Government of Niue, December 2006, pp. 15–16. Constitution of Niue, section 36.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=nu}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in the**p|Northern Mariana Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref name=mp>[https://cnmilaw.org/pdf/cnmiregister/1995_Volume_17/1995_Number_03.pdf Attorney General Opinion], Commonwealth Law Revision Commission, 10 March 1995.</ref> || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mp|The [[Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands|territory's constitution]] prohibits abortion "except as provided by law", and the territory has no law about the subject.<ref name=mp/> A law from the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|predecessor of the territory]] prohibited abortion done "unlawfully" without defining it, and although predecessor laws remain in force in the territory unless modified, a judicial decision ruled this abortion law invalid for being too vague.<ref>[https://cnmilaw.org/pdf/ttc/t11.pdf Crimes and punishments], Trust Territory Code, chapter 2.</ref> As a result, although abortion remains prohibited in principle by the constitution, abortion providers cannot be prosecuted for it as there is no law specifying a penalty. Still, in practice, authorized medical providers in the territory perform abortions only to save the woman's life and possibly in case of rape.<ref>[https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/95eb97f7-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e/ Health clinics performing abortions?], Saipan Tribune, 25 May 2000.</ref> In 1995, an opinion issued by the [[Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands|territory's attorney general]] concluded that [[Roe v. Wade|U.S. judicial decisions allowing abortion on request]] also applied to the territory, but these decisions were [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturned in 2022]].<ref name=mp/>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mp}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mp}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mp}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mp}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=mp}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Pitcairn Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}{{efn|Applies [[English law]] in force in 2010 unless locally modified.<ref>[http://www.government.pn/Laws/ Pitcairn laws], Government of the Pitcairn Islands.</ref>}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|24 weeks}}{{efn|name=gb}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Puerto Rico|pref=Abortion in}}<ref name=pr>[https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/Justicia/146-2012/146-2012.pdf Penal Code of Puerto Rico of 2012], Government of Puerto Rico, 7 June 2022. Articles 98 to 100 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=pr|The penal code prohibits abortion except in case of risk to the woman's life or health.<ref name=pr/> In 1980, a decision by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico expanded the health criteria to also include mental health, including emotional, psychological, family and age aspects, with no gestational limit. However, the decision still maintained the prohibition on abortion if done without any therapeutic consideration.<ref>[https://oig.cepal.org/sites/default/files/1980_jurisprudencia_109d.p.r.596_puertorico.pdf El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v. Pablo Duarte Mendoza], Decisiones de Puerto Rico, 17 April 1980 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.justicia.pr.gov/departamento-de-justicia-no-procesara-a-mujeres-y-profesionales-de-la-salud-por-la-practica-del-aborto-en-puerto-rico/ Department of Justice will not prosecute women and health professionals for the practice of abortion in Puerto Rico], Department of Justice of Puerto Rico, 26 June 2022 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=pr}} || {{yes2|no limit}}{{efn|name=pr}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=pr}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in**p|Sint Maarten|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.sintmaartengov.org/government/AZ/laws/AFKONDIGINGSBLAD/AB%2002%20eindtekst%20WvSr.pdf Criminal Code], Government of Sint Maarten, 2013. {{in lang|nl}}</ref> || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=awcwsx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=sx|Although illegal, the government does not prosecute abortions performed under rules similar to other countries, including on request.<ref name=caribbean/>}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=sx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=sx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=sx}} || {{no2|prohibited}}{{efn|name=sx}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Tokelau|pref=Abortion in}}<ref>[http://www.paclii.org/tk/legis/consol_act_2016/cpaer2003302/ Crimes, Procedure and Evidence Rules 2003], Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, 2016.</ref> || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=tk|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law. The judicial handbook says that abortion is permitted for medical reasons but is unclear whether it means only to save the woman's life or also to preserve her health.<ref>[https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/48086/Handbook-Tokelau-English.pdf Handbook for the Law Commissioners of Tokelau], Government of Tokelau, August 2008.</ref>}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=tk}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flagFlagg|**p|Turks and Caicos Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[http://online.fliphtml5.com/fizd/xwww Offences Against the Person Ordinance], Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, 31 March 2018.</ref> || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=tc|This ground is not explicitly mentioned in the law. A [[Aleck Bourne#Abortion case|judicial decision]] on an identical law in the parent country clarified that the law always implicitly allowed abortion at least to save the woman's life, and the decision allowed it also to preserve her health.<ref name=bourne/> It is unclear whether the territory applies only the original [[Legal doctrine|legal principle]] or also the judicial decision.}} || {{yes2|permitted}}{{efn|name=tc}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}} || {{no|prohibited}}

|{{flag+linkFlagg|Abortion in the**p|United States Virgin Islands|pref=Abortion in the}}<ref>[https://law.justia.com/codes/virgin-islands/2019/title-14/chapter-5/151/ Abortion], 2019 US Virgin Islands Code, Title 14 § 151.</ref> || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|no limit}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}} || {{yes|24 weeks}}

According to a report by [[Women on Waves]],{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}} approximately 25% of the world's population{{As of?|date=December 2021}} lives in countries with "highly restrictive abortion laws"—that is, laws which either completely ban abortion, or allow it only to save the [[maternal death|mother's life]]. This category includes several countries in [[Latin America]], [[Africa]], the [[Middle EastAsia]], theand [[Asia-PacificOceania]] region, as well as [[MaltaAndorra]] inand [[Europe]].{{efn|In Malta, only [[indirect abortion]] isin ''[[de facto]]'' allowed under the [[principle of double effectEurope]].<ref name=mt1/><ref name=mt2/>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/460/abortion-laws-worldwide|title=Abortion Laws Worldwide|first=Marc|last=Worrell|website=Women on Waves}}</ref> The [[Center for Reproductive Rights]] report that "[t]he inability to access safe and legal abortion care impacts 700 million women of reproductive age."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reproductiverights.org/worldabortionlaws|title=The World's Abortion Laws {{!}} Center for Reproductive Rights|website=reproductiverights.org|language=en|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

New wave of activism in Ireland stretched until 2013 when the [[Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013|Protection of Life During Pregnancy]] Act]] was signed into law. This law recognized the mother's life over the fetus's and would allow pregnancy termination in cases where the mother is in danger. In 2018 Ireland's abortion ban by constitution was repealed and abortions up to the first trimester were legalized and covered by Ireland's public health service.<ref name="PBS NewsHour-2022" />

Controversy over the beginning of pregnancy occurs in different contexts, particularly in a legal context, and is particularly discussed within the [[abortion debate]] from the point of measuring the [[Gestational age (obstetrics)|gestational age]] of the pregnancy. Pregnancy can be measured from a number of convenient points, including the day of last [[Menstrual cycle|menstruation]], [[ovulation]], [[fertilisation|fertilization]], [[Implantation (human embryo)|implantation]] and chemical detection. A common medical way to calculate gestational age is to measure pregnancy from the first day of the last menstrual cycle.{{efn|Some examples of gestational age calculated from the first day of the last menstrual cycle:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rewire.news/article/2013/10/17/whats-in-a-week-pregnancy-dating-standards-and-what-they-mean/|title=How Doctors Date Pregnancies, Explained |date=17 October 2013 |publisher= Rewire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Abortion/Pages/Introduction.aspx|title=Abortion |first=NHS|last=Choices|website=www.nhs.uk|date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/269509|title=Pregnancy—first day of the last menstrual period|website=meteor.aihw.gov.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reference.medscape.com/calculator/estimated-delivery-date-pregnancy|title=Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD) Pregnancy Calculator|website=reference.medscape.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/gestational+age|title=gestational age|website=TheFreeDictionary.com}}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=December 2021}}}} However, not all legal systems use this measure for the purpose of abortion law; for example countries such as [[Abortion in Belgium|Belgium]], [[Abortion in France|France]], and [[Abortion in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] use the term "pregnancy" in the abortion law to refer to the time elapsed from the sexual act that led to [[Conception (biology)|conception]], which is presumed to be 2 weeks after the end of the last menstrual period.{{efn|For example Luxembourg abortion law states: "Avant la fin de la 12e semaine de grossesse ou avant la fin de la 14e semaine d'aménorrhée[ ...]", which translates to "Before the end of the 12th week of pregnancy or before the end of the 14th week of [[amenorrhea]]".<ref name=lu>[http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2014/12/17/n2/jo Law of 17 December 2014 amending 1) of the Penal Code and 2) of the law of 15 November 1978 relating to sexual information, the prevention of clandestine abortion and the regulation of voluntary termination of pregnancy], Government of Luxembourg, 17 December 2014 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>}}