The World’s

I PROHIBITED ALTOGETHER

II TO SAVE THE WOMAN’S LIFE

III TO PRESERVE HEALTH

Abortion
GREENLAND

IV BROAD SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC GROUNDS

FINLAND
V ON REQUEST (GESTATIONAL LIMITS VARY)
ICELAND SWEDEN
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Laws
UNKNOWN NORWAY
CANADA

ESTONIA

LATVIA
NORTHERN IRELAND DENMARK LITHUANIA

NETHERLANDS
IRELAND GREAT BELARUS
BRITAIN GERMANY POLAND
BELGIUM
LUXEMBOURG CZECH UKRAINE
REPUBLIC KAZAKHSTAN
SLOVAK REP. MONGOLIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY MOLDOVA
SWITZERLAND
SLOVENIA
FRANCE CROATIA ROMANIA
ITALY BOSNIA
SAN HERZ. SERBIA
MONACO MARINO DEM. PEOPLE’S
BULGARIA
ANDORRA MONTENEGRO KOSOVO
UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN REP. OF KOREA
UNITED STATES GEORGIA

How many women of reproductive age

N. MACEDONIA
PORTUGAL ALBANIA ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN
SPAIN TURKMENISTAN REP. OF JAPAN
TURKEY TAJIKISTAN KOREA

MALTA GREECE CYPRUS

LEBANON
WEST BANK/GAZA STRIP
SYRIA
AFGHANISTAN
CHINA
live in countries under each category?
MOROCCO TUNISIA IRAN
ISRAEL IRAQ
JORDAN
KUWAIT
NEPAL
PAKISTAN BHUTAN
BAHAMAS ALGERIA QATAR
LIBYA
MEXICO EGYPT BAHRAIN
CUBA WEST BANGLADESH TAIWAN

III
SAUDI ARABIA
SAHARA
UAE
INDIA HONG KONG
OMAN MYANMAR

II
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LAOS

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS MAURITANIA

BELIZE MALI

211 MILLION
JAMAICA HAITI PUERTO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
NIGER
RICO SUDAN THAILAND PHILIPPINES
HONDURAS DOMINICA CAPE VERDE ERITREA YEMEN

360 MILLION 13%

GUATEMALA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SENEGAL CHAD
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA ARUBA SAINT LUCIA BARBADOS GAMBIA CAMBODIA
CURAÇAO BURKINA

22%
GRENADA GUINEA-BISSAU FASO DJIBOUTI VIETNAM
COSTA RICA PANAMA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUINEA MARSHALL ISLANDS
BENIN
NIGERIA SOMALIA MICRONESIA
SRI LANKA
VENEZUELA SIERRA LEONE CÔTE TOGO ETHIOPIA
CENTRAL SOUTH
D’IVOIRE PALAU

IV
SURINAME AFRICAN SUDAN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
LIBERIA GHANA
GUYANA REP.
FRENCH GUIANA CAMEROON MALAYSIA
COLOMBIA
KIRIBATI MALDIVES

I
EQUATORIAL GUINEA UGANDA
WOMEN OF
90 MILLION
SINGAPORE

REPRODUCTIVE AGE
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
DEM. REP.

386 MILLION
KENYA NAURU KIRIBATI

5%
OF CONGO

WORLDWIDE
ECUADOR GABON
RWANDA

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
BURUNDI
SEYCHELLES
23%
INDONESIA
TANZANIA
PAPUA NEW
GUINEA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
PERU BRAZIL
TIMOR LESTE
COMOROS

V
ANGOLA
MOZAMBIQUE
ZAMBIA
MALAWI
TUVALU SAMOA
BOLIVIA

ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR
MAURITIUS
VANUATU FIJI 616 MLLION
PARAGUAY
NAMIBIA BOTSWANA
37%
TONGA
NEW CALEDONIA
ESWATINI
AUSTRALIA

LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

URUGUAY
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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. Prohibited Altogether Category II. To Save the Woman’s Life Category III. To Preserve Health CategoryIV.
Category IV.Socioeconomic
SocioeconomicGrounds
Grounds Category V. On
Category V. OnRequest
Request(Gestational
(GestationalLimits
LimitsVary)
Vary)
Indicators
23 COUNTRIES
24 COUNTRIES 39 COUNTRIES
42 COUNTRIES 63 COUNTRIES
51 COUNTRIES 14COUNTRIES
13 COUNTRIES 64 COUNTRIES
73 COUNTRIES

The laws of the countries in this category do not permit abortion under The laws of the countries in this category permit abortion when the The laws of countries in this category permit abortion on the basis of These laws are generally interpreted liberally to permit abortion under a All Countries in Category V have gestational limits of 12 weeks unless R Abortion permitted in cases of rape
any circumstances, including when the woman’s life or health is at risk. woman’s life is at risk. health or therapeutic grounds. Countries in bold explicitly permit broad range of circumstances. These countries often take into account a otherwise indicated. I Abortion permitted in cases of incest
Afghanistan
abortion to preserve the woman’s mental health. Countries with a  woman's actual or reasonably foreseeable environment and her social or
Andorra Somalia W8 Gestational limit of 8 weeks W24 Gestational limit of 24 weeks
F Abortion permitted in cases of fetal impairment
Aruba Antigua & Barbuda South Sudan permit abortion only when the woman's physical health is at risk. economic circumstances in considering the potential impact of W10 Gestational limit of 10 weeks D90 Gestational limit of 90 days or three months

Congo (Brazzaville) Bahrain Sri Lanka Countries with a † are based on Rex v. Bourne. The World Health pregnancy and childbearing. W14 Gestational limit of 14 weeks D120 Gestational limit of 120 days SA Spousal authorization required
W18 Gestational limit of 18 weeks ∞ Law does not limit pre-viability abortion
Curaçao Bangladesh Sudan: R Organization advises that countries permitting abortion on health W22 Gestational limit of 22 weeks º Law does not indicate gestational limit; regulatory mechanisms vary PA Parental authorization/notification required
Dominican Republic Bhutan: R, I, + Syria: SA, PA grounds should interpret “health” to mean “a state of complete Barbados: R, I, F, PA
Egypt Brazil: R, + Tanzania physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of Belize: F Albania: PA Greece: PA Puerto Rico∞ + Abortion permitted on additional enumerated grounds relating to
El Salvador Brunei Darussalam Timor-Leste: PA
disease or infirmity.” Ethiopia: R, I, F, + ArgentinaW14 Guinea-Bissauº Republic of North such factors as the woman’s age or capacity to care for a child
Haiti Chile: R, F Tuvalu Fiji: R, I, F, PA Armenia: PA GuyanaW8 Macedonia (formerly
Honduras Côte d’Ivoire: R Uganda Finland: R, F, +
SX Sex-selective abortion prohibited
Algeria Grenada Saint Lucia: R, I Australia:  Hungary Macedonia): PA
Iraq Dominica United Arab Emirates (UAE): F, SA, Angola: R, I, F, PA Guinea: R, I, F Samoa Great Britain: F AustriaD90 IcelandW22 RomaniaW14  Legislation explicitly permits abortion only to protect the physical
Jamaica Gabon: R, I, F, + PA Bahamas Israel: R, I, F, + Saudi Arabia: SA, PA Hong Kong: R, I, F Azerbaijan Ireland Russian Fed. health of the woman
Laos Gambia: F Venezuela Benin: R, I, F Jordan Seychelles: R, I, F, + India: R, F, PA Belarus ItalyD90 Sao Tome & Principe
Madagascar Guatemala Yemen: SA Bolivia: R, I Kenya Togo: R, I, F Japan: R, SA BelgiumW14 Kazakhstan Serbia: PA ? Law unclear
Malta Indonesia: R, F, SA Botswana: R, I, F Kuwait: F, SA, PA Trinidad & Tobago: † Rwanda: R, I, F, + Bosnia-Herzegovina: PA KosovoW10: PA, SX SingaporeW24  Federal system in which abortion law is determined at state level;
Mauritania Iran: F Burkina Faso: R, I, F Lesotho: R, I, F Vanuatu Saint Vincent & Grenadines: R, I, F Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan Slovak Rep.: PA
Nicaragua Kiribati Liberia: R, I, F Zimbabwe: R, I, F,  Taiwan: R, I, F, SA, PA CambodiaW14: PA Latvia: PA Slovenia: PA
classification reflects legal status of abortion for largest group
Burundi
Palau: ? Lebanon Cameroon: R Liechtenstein: R, PA, + Zambia: F Canada° Lithuania: PA South Africa of people
Philippines Libya Central African Rep.: R, I, F, + Malaysia Cape Verde LuxembourgW14 SpainW14: PA
San Marino Malawi Chad: R, I, F Mauritius: R, I, F, PA China°: SX MaldivesD120 SwedenW18
Senegal Mali: R, I Colombia: R, I, F Monaco: R, I, F,  CroatiaW10: PA Moldova: PA Switzerland
Sierra Leone Marshall Islands: ? Comoros Morocco: SA Cuba: PA MongoliaD90 Tajikistan
Suriname Mexico: R, F,  Costa Rica Namibia: R, I, F Cyprus Montenegro: PA, SX Thailand
Tonga Micronesia: ?,  Dem. Rep. of Congo: R, I, F Nauru: R, I, F, + Czech Rep.: PA Mozambique TunisiaD90
West Bank & Gaza Strip Myanmar Djibouti Niger: F Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea° Nepal: SX TurkeyW10: SA, PA
Nigeria Ecuador: + Pakistan Denmark: PA Netherlands∞ Turkmenistan
Oman Equatorial Guinea: SA, PA Peru Estonia New Caledonia Ukraine
Panama: R, F, PA Eritrea: R, I, + Poland: R, I, PA FranceW14 New ZealandW20 United States∞: PA, 
Papua New Guinea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): Qatar: F French Guiana Northern Ireland Uruguay: PA
Paraguay R, I, F Rep. of Korea: R, I, SA, + Georgia: PA Norway: PA Uzbekistan
Solomon Islands Ghana: R, I, F, + Saint Kitts & Nevis: † GermanyW14 PortugalW10: PA Vietnam°