I PROHIBITED ALTOGETHER II TO SAVE THE WOMAN’S LIFE III TO PRESERVE HEALTH GREENLAND The World’s IV BROAD SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC GROUNDS FINLAND V ON REQUEST (GESTATIONAL LIMITS VARY) ICELAND SWEDEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNKNOWN CANADA NORWAY Abortion ESTONIA LATVIA NORTHERN IRELAND DENMARK LITHUANIA NETHERLANDS IRELAND GREAT BELARUS BRITAIN GERMANY POLAND BELGIUM CZECH LUXEMBOURG UKRAINE REPUBLIC KAZAKHSTAN SLOVAK REP. MONGOLIA LIECHTENSTEIN AUSTRIA Laws SWITZERLAND HUNGARY MOLDOVA SLOVENIA FRANCE CROATIA ROMANIA ITALY SAN BOSNIA SERBIA MONACO MARINO HERZ. DEM. PEOPLE’S MONTENEGRO BULGARIA UNITED STATES ANDORRA KOSOVO GEORGIA UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN REP. OF KOREA How many women of reproductive age N. MACEDONIA PORTUGAL ALBANIA ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN SPAIN TURKMENISTAN REP. OF JAPAN TURKEY TAJIKISTAN KOREA live in countries under each category? CHINA MALTA GREECE CYPRUS SYRIA LEBANON AFGHANISTAN WEST BANK/GAZA STRIP MOROCCO TUNISIA IRAN ISRAEL IRAQ JORDAN KUWAIT NEPAL PAKISTAN BHUTAN BAHAMAS ALGERIA LIBYA QATAR MEXICO EGYPT BAHRAIN CUBA WEST SAUDI ARABIA BANGLADESH TAIWAN SAHARA UAE INDIA HONG KONG OMAN MYANMAR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LAOS SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS MAURITANIA III BELIZE HAITI MALI JAMAICA PUERTO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA NIGER RICO SUDAN THAILAND PHILIPPINES HONDURAS DOMINICA CAPE VERDE II 237 MILLION ERITREA YEMEN GUATEMALA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES CHAD NICARAGUA SAINT LUCIA SENEGAL EL SALVADOR ARUBA BARBADOS GAMBIA CAMBODIA 359 MILLION 14% CURAÇAO BURKINA GRENADA GUINEA-BISSAU FASO DJIBOUTI VIETNAM COSTA RICA PANAMA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUINEA BENIN MARSHALL ISLANDS 22% MICRONESIA NIGERIA SOMALIA SRI LANKA VENEZUELA ETHIOPIA SIERRA LEONE COTE TOGO CENTRAL D’IVOIRE SOUTH PALAU SURINAME GHANA AFRICAN SUDAN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GUYANA LIBERIA REP. CAMEROON MALAYSIA COLOMBIA KIRIBATI MALDIVES EQUATORIAL GUINEA UGANDA SINGAPORE WOMEN OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 90 MILLION IV DEM. REP. KENYA OF CONGO NAURU KIRIBATI REPRODUCTIVE AGE ECUADOR GABON 5% 386 MILLION RWANDA I WORLDWIDE BURUNDI CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 23% SEYCHELLES INDONESIA TANZANIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA SOLOMON ISLANDS PERU BRAZIL TIMOR LESTE COMOROS ANGOLA MOZAMBIQUE ZAMBIA MALAWI TUVALU SAMOA BOLIVIA V ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR VANUATU FIJI MAURITIUS 590 MILLION NAMIBIA BOTSWANA PARAGUAY 36% TONGA ESWATINI AUSTRALIA LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA URUGUAY © Center for Reproductive Rights ARGENTINA The Center for Reproductive Rights is a nonprofit legal CHILE advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women’s reproductive rights worldwide. 199 Water St, Floor 22 New York, NY 10038 NEW ZEALAND reproductiverights.org Current as of April 26, 2019 Map updated in real time at worldabortionlaws.org Categories of Abortion Laws from Most to Least Restrictive Countries in each subsequent category recognize the grounds specified in the preceding category. Additional enumerated grounds are indicated following the country name. Category I.I. ProhibitedProhibited Altogether Altogether Category II.II. ToTo Save Save the the Woman’s Woman’s Life Life Category III.III. ToTo Preserve Preserve Health Health Category IV.IV. SocioeconomicBroad Social or Grounds Economic Grounds Category V. On Request (Gestational Limits Vary) Indicators 2623 COUNTRIES 39 COUNTRIES 5663 COUNTRIES 14 COUNTRIES 6466 COUNTRIES The laws of the countries in this category do not permit abortion under any The laws of the countries in this category permit abortion when the woman’s life The laws of countries in this category permit abortion on the basis of health or These laws are generally interpreted liberally to permit abortion under a broad All Countries in Category V have gestational limits of 12 weeks unless R Abortion permitted in cases of rape circumstances, including when the woman’s life or health is at risk. is at risk. therapeutic grounds. Countries in bold explicitly permit abortion to preserve the range of circumstances. These countries often take into account a woman's actual otherwise indicated. I Abortion permitted in cases of incest woman’s mental health. Countries with a permit abortion only when the or reasonably foreseeable environment and her social or economic circumstances W8 Gestational limit of 8 weeks D90 Gestational limit of 90 days or three months Andorra Afghanistan South Sudan F Abortion permitted in cases of fetal impairment woman's physical health is at risk. The World Health Organization advises that in considering the potential impact of pregnancy and childbearing. W10 Gestational limit of 10 weeks D120 Gestational limit of 120 days Aruba Antigua & Barbuda Sri Lanka W14 Gestational limit of 14 weeks ∞ Law does not limit pre-viability abortion SA Spousal authorization required Congo (Brazzaville) Bahrain Sudan: R countries permitting abortion on health grounds should interpret “health” to W18 Gestational limit of 18 weeks º Law does not indicate gestational limit; regulatory mechanisms vary Curaçao Bangladesh Syria: SA, PA Barbados: R, I, F, PA W24 Gestational limit of 24 weeks Supreme Court precedent protects the right to abortion pre-viability; PA Parental authorization/notification required mean “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely gestational limits vary at state level Dominican Republic Bhutan: R, I, + Tanzania Belize: F the absence of disease or infirmity.” + Abortion permitted on additional enumerated grounds relating to Egypt Brazil: R, + Timor-Leste: PA Ethiopia: R, I, F, + Albania: PA Greece: PA Puerto Rico∞ such factors as the woman’s age or capacity to care for a child El Salvador Fiji: R, I, F, PA Armenia: PA Guinea-Bissauº W14 Brunei Darussalam Tuvalu Romania W8 Gabon Chile: R, F Uganda Algeria Gambia Peru Finland: R, I, F, + Australia: Guyana Russian Fed. SX Sex-selective abortion prohibited Great Britain: F D90 Haiti Côte d’Ivoire United Arab Emirates (UAE): F, SA, Angola: R, I, F Ghana: R, I, F, + Poland: R, I, F, PA Austria Hungary Sao Tome & Principe Legislation explicitly permits abortion only to protect the physical Honduras Dominica PA Argentina: R Grenada Qatar: F Hong Kong: R, I, F Azerbaijan Ireland Serbia: PA D90 Iraq Bahamas Guinea: R, I, F Rep. of Korea: R, I, SA, + Iceland: R, I, F, + Belarus Italy W24 health of the woman Guatemala Venezuela Singapore W14 Jamaica Indonesia: R, F, SA Yemen: SA Benin: R, I, F Israel: R, I, F, + Saint Kitts & Nevis India: R, F, PA Belgium Kazakhstan Slovak Rep.: PA Law unclear W10 Laos Iran: F Bolivia: R, I Jordan Saint Lucia: R, I Japan: R, SA Bosnia-Herzegovina: PA Kosovo : PA, SX Slovenia: PA Federal system in which abortion law is determined at state level; Madagascar Kiribati Botswana: R, I, F Kenya Samoa Rwanda: R, I, F, + Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan South Africa W14 Malta Lebanon Burkina Faso: R, I, F Kuwait: F, SA, PA Saudi Arabia: SA, PA Saint Vincent & Grenadines: R, I, F Cambodia : PA Latvia: PA SpainW14: PA classification reflects legal status of abortion for largest group Marshall Islands: Libya Burundi Lesotho: R, I, F Seychelles: R, I, F, + Taiwan: I, F, SA, PA Canada° Lithuania: PA SwedenW18 of people W14 Mauritania Malawi Cameroon: R Liberia: R, I, F Thailand: R, F Zambia: F Cape Verde Luxembourg Switzerland D120 Nicaragua Mali: R, I Central African Rep.: R, I, F, +, Liechtenstein: R, PA, + Togo: R, I, F China°: SX Maldives Tajikistan W10 Palau: Chad: R, I, F Malaysia Trinidad & Tobago Croatia : PA Moldova: PA D90 Mexico: R, F, Tunisia D90 Philippines Micronesia: , Colombia: R, I, F Mauritius: R, I, F, PA Vanuatu Cuba: PA Mongolia TurkeyW10: SA, PA San Marino Myanmar Comoros Monaco: R, I, F, Zimbabwe: R, I, F, Cyprus Montenegro: PA, SX Turkmenistan Senegal Nigeria Costa Rica Morocco: SA Czech Rep.: PA Mozambique Ukraine Sierra Leone Oman Dem. Rep. of Congo: R, I, F Namibia: R, I, F Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea° Nepal: SX United States: PA, ∞ Suriname Panama: R, F, PA Djibouti Nauru: R, I, F, + Denmark: PA Netherlands Uruguay: PA Tonga Papua New Guinea Ecuador: + New Zealand: I, F Estonia North Macedonia (formerly Uzbekistan W14 West Bank & Gaza Strip Paraguay Equatorial Guinea: SA, PA Niger: F France Macedonia): PA Vietnam° Solomon Islands Eritrea: R, I, + Northern Ireland Georgia: PA Norway: PA Somalia Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): R, I, F Pakistan GermanyW14 PortugalW10: PA .