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[[File:Abortion Laws.svg|thumb|right|350px|{{longitem |font-size:105%;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}}|International status of '''abortion law''', United Nations 2013 report.<ref name="UN2013info">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160415084202/http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/policy/WorldAbortionPolicies2013/WorldAbortionPolicies2013_WallChart.pdf World Abortion Policies 2013] (archived from [https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/policy/WorldAbortionPolicies2013/WorldAbortionPolicies2013_WallChart.pdf the original] on 2016-04-15)</ref> In some cases<!-- e.g., South Sudan -->, this map may not accurately depict the content of this article.
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 |{{color box|#3465a4}}|Legal on request
 |{{color box|#73d216}}|Restricted to cases of maternal life, mental health, health, [[rape]], fetal defects, and/or socioeconomic factors
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]]{{Abortion in the Catholic Church}}'''Abortion law''' permits, prohibits, rape is okay if you wanna have sex really bad restricts, or otherwise regulates the availability of [[abortion]]. Abortion has been a [[Abortion debate|controversial subject]] in many societies through history on religious, moral, ethical, practical, and political grounds. It has been banned frequently and otherwise limited by law. However, abortions continue to be common in many areas, even where they are illegal. According to the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), abortion rates are similar in countries where the procedure is legal and in countries where it is not,<ref name=kaiser>{{cite web|url=http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-rates-similar-in-countries-that-legalize-prohibit-procedure-study-says-102.html|title=Abortion Rates Similar In Countries That Legalize, Prohibit Procedure, Study Says - News - I.C.M.A.|publisher=}}</ref> due to unavailability of modern [[contraceptives]] in areas where abortion is illegal.<ref name=Singh>Singh, Susheela et al.  ''[http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/AddingItUp2009.pdf Adding it Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Newborn Health]'', pages 17, 19, and 27 (New York: Guttmacher Institute and United Nations Population Fund 2009): "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: "[http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-AIU-summary.pdf Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324000000/http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-AIU-summary.pdf |date=March 24, 2012 }}" (Guttmacher Institute 2010).</ref>

The number of abortions worldwide is declining due to increased access to contraception according to WHO.<ref name=kaiser /> Almost two-thirds of the world's women currently reside in countries where abortion may be obtained on request for a broad range of [[social issues|social]], [[economic]], or personal reasons. Abortion laws vary widely by nation. Four countries in Latin America ([[Abortion in Chile|Chile]], [[Abortion in the Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]], [[Abortion in El Salvador|El Salvador]], and [[Abortion in Nicaragua|Nicaragua]]), in addition to [[Abortion in Malta|Malta]] and [[Vatican City]] in Europe, ban the procedure entirely.<ref>[https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Policies: A Global Review], UN</ref> [[Abortion in Canada]] is available to women without any legal restrictions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=abortion-on-demand&r=66 |title=abortion on demand |accessdate=2007-05-01 |work=Dictionary.com |quote=(1) the right of a woman to have an abortion during the first six months of a pregnancy; (2) an abortion performed on a woman solely at her own request}}</ref> while in the [[Abortion in the Republic of Ireland|Republic of Ireland]] abortions are illegal except when a woman's life is at imminent risk.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7041048.stm | work=BBC News | title=Divisions deep over abortion ban | date=2007-10-12 | accessdate=2010-03-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100327184701/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7041048.stm| archivedate= 27 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no | first=Jane | last=Dreaper}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main article|History of abortion}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2014}}

Abortion has existed since ancient times, with natural [[abortifacient]]s being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in all our written sources. Our earliest texts contain no mention of abortion or abortion law. When it does appear, it is entailed in concerns about male [[property rights]], preservation of social order, and the duty to produce fit citizens for the state or community. The harshest penalties were generally reserved for a woman who procured an abortion against her husband's wishes, and for slaves who produced abortion in a woman of high status. Religious texts often contained severe condemnations of abortion, recommending penance but seldom enforcing secular punishment. As a matter of [[common law]] in [[England]] and the United States, abortion was illegal anytime after [[quickening]]—when the movements of the [[fetus]] could first be felt by the woman. Under the [[born alive rule]], the fetus was not considered a "reasonable being" ''in Rerum Natura''; and abortion was not treated as [[murder in English law]].

In the 19th century, many Western countries began to codify abortion law or place further restrictions on the practice. Anti-abortion groups were led by a combination of groups opposed to abortion on moral grounds, and by medical professionals who were concerned about the danger presented by the procedure and the regular involvement of non-medical personnel in performing abortions. Nevertheless, it became clear that illegal abortions continued to take place in large numbers even where abortions were rigorously restricted. It was difficult to obtain sufficient evidence to prosecute the women and abortion doctors, and judges and juries were often reluctant to convict. For example, [[Henry Morgentaler]], a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[pro-choice]] advocate, was never convicted by a jury. He was acquitted by a jury in the 1973 court case, but the acquittal was overturned by five judges on the [[Quebec Court of Appeal]] in 1974. He went to prison, appealed, and was again acquitted. In total, he served 10 months, suffering a [[heart attack]] while in [[solitary confinement]]. Many were also outraged at the invasion of privacy and the medical problems resulting from abortions taking place illegally in medically dangerous circumstances. Political movements soon coalesced around the legalization of abortion and liberalization of existing laws.

By the early 20th century, many countries had begun to liberalize abortion laws, at least when performed to protect the life of the woman, and in some cases on woman's request. Under [[Vladimir Lenin]], the [[Soviet Union]] legalized abortions on request in 1920<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.socialistalternative.org/2016/01/16/womens-lgbt-liberation-revolutionary-russia/|title=Women's & LGBT Liberation In Revolutionary Russia|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|accessdate=12 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://isreview.org/issue/87/communist-womens-movement|title=The Communist Women’s Movement|last=|first=|date=|website=isreview.org|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MeQqnwKORFgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:FWKejyajoL8C&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisi86BoZPSAhUDx2MKHXYVCa8QuwUIHzAA#v=onepage&q=abortion%20russia&f=false|title=Women and Socialism: Essays on Women's Liberation|last=Smith|first=Sharon|date=September 15, 2015|publisher=Haymarket Books|year=|isbn=9781608461806|location=|pages=12, 199|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|year=1935|title=Abstract - Abortion in Russia|url=https://journals.co.za/content/m_samj/9/17/AJA20785135_11715?crawler=true|journal=South African Medical Journal|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialistworker.org/2011/07/14/womens-liberation-and-socialism|title=Women's liberation and socialism|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref> but in 1936 [[Joseph Stalin]] placed prohibitions on abortions, which restricted them to medically recommended cases only, in order to increase population growth.<ref>Heer, David, "Abortion, Contraception, and Population Policy in the Soviet Union" Demography 2 (1965): 531-39.</ref><ref>Alexandre Avdeev, Alain Blum, and Irina Troitskaya. "The History of Abortion Statistics in Russia and the USSR from 1900 to 1991." Population (English Edition) 7, (1995), 42.</ref> 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 1948 abortion was legalized in Japan, 1952 in [[Yugoslavia]] (on a limited basis), and 1955 in the Soviet Union (on demand). Some Soviet allies (Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania) legalized abortion in the late 1950s under pressure from the Soviets.

The availability of [[contraceptives]] in the 1950s and 1960s in Western countries resulted in comparatively few changes in abortion law. In United Kingdom, the [[Abortion Act 1967|Abortion Act of 1967]] clarified and prescribed abortions as legal up to 24 weeks. Other countries soon followed, including Canada (1969), the United States (1973 in most states, pursuant to ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', the federal [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] decision which legalized abortion nationwide), [[Tunisia]] (1973), Austria (1974), France (1975), New Zealand (1977), Italy (1978), the [[Netherlands]] (1980), 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 Germany's [[German reunification|reunification]], despite the legal status of abortion in the former East Germany, a compromise was reached which deemed most abortions up to 12 weeks legal. In jurisdictions governed under [[sharia law]], abortion after 120th day from conception (19 weeks from [[Gestational age|LMP]]) is illegal, especially for those who follow the recommendations of the [[Hanafi]] legal school, while most jurists of the [[Maliki]] legal school "believe that ensoulment occurs at the moment of conception, and they tend to forbid abortion at any point [similar to the Roman Catholic Church]. The other schools hold intermediate positions. [..] The penalty prescribed for an illegal abortion varies according to particular circumstances involved. According to <!--SHARIA in the source-->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&dq=120+days 7]}}</ref> See also: [[Islam and abortion]].

==International law==
There are no international or multinational treaties that deal directly with abortion, but [[International human rights law|human rights law]] touches on the issues.

The [[American Convention on Human Rights]], which in 2013 had 23 Latin American parties, declares human life as commencing with conception. In [[Latin America]], abortion is only legal in [[Cuba]] (1965) and [[Uruguay]] (2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2012/10/17/en-uruguay-le-parlement-vote-la-depenalisation-de-l-avortement_1776959_3222.html|title=En Uruguay, le Parlement vote la dépénalisation de l'avortement|date=17 October 2012|publisher=|via=Le Monde}}</ref>

In the 2010 case of [[A, B and C v Ireland]], the [[European Court of Human Rights]] found that the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] did not include a right to an abortion.

In 2005 the [[United Nations Human Rights Committee]] ordered Peru to compensate a woman (known as K.L.) for denying her a medically indicated abortion; this was the first time a United Nations Committee had held any country accountable for not ensuring access to safe, legal abortion, and the first time the committee affirmed that abortion is a human right.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-grimes/united-nations-committee-affirms-abortion-as-a-human-right_b_9020806.html|title=United Nations Committee Affirms Abortion as a Human Right|date=25 January 2016|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref> K.L. received the compensation in 2016.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> In the 2016 case of [[Mellet v Ireland]] the UN HRC found [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]s [[Abortion in the Republic of Ireland|abortion laws]] violated [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] because Irish law banned abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities.

==National laws==
While abortions are legal under certain conditions in most countries, these conditions vary widely. According to the [[United Nations]] publication ''World Abortion Policies 2011'',<ref name="UN2011info">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2011abortion/2011wallchart.pdf|title=World Abortion Policies 2011|publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> abortion is allowed in most countries (97 percent) in order to save a woman's life. Other commonly-accepted reasons are preserving physical (67 percent) or mental health (63 percent). Abortion in the case of rape or incest is accepted in about half of all countries (49 percent), and performing them because of economic or social reasons in about a third (34 percent). Performing abortion only on the basis of a woman's request is allowed in 29 percent of all countries, including in [[North America]] and in most [[Europe]]an countries.

In some countries, additional procedures must be followed before the abortion can be carried out even if the basic grounds for it are met. For example, in Finland, where abortions are not granted based merely on a woman's request, approval for each abortion must be obtained from two doctors.<ref name=UKAbortion1967>{{cite web|title=Abortion Act 1967|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/87/section/1|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=FinLaw1970>{{cite web|title=Laki raskauden keskeyttämisestä 24.3.1970/239|url=http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1970/19700239|publisher=Finlex|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref> How strictly all of the procedures dictated in the legislature are followed in practice is another matter. For example, in the United Kingdom [[Care Quality Commission]]'s report in 2012 found that several [[National Health Service|NHS]] clinics were circumventing the law, using forms pre-signed by one doctor, thus allowing abortions to patients who only met with one doctor.<ref name=CQC2012>{{cite web|title=Findings of termination of pregnancy inspections published|url=http://www.cqc.org.uk/media/findings-termination-pregnancy-inspections-published|publisher=Care Quality Commission|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref>

The effect of national laws {{as of|2011|lc=on}} for each of the 193 member states of the [[United Nations]] and two non-member States ([[Vatican City]] and [[Niue]]) is listed in the U.N. ''World Abortion Policies 2011''<ref name="UN2011info" /> report, and summarized in the following table. The publication includes information on national estimates of abortion rate, fertility rate, maternal mortality ratio, levels of contraceptive use, unmet need for family planning, and government support for family planning, as well as regional estimates of unsafe abortion.

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|+ Legal grounds on which abortion is permitted (2013)<ref name="UN2013info" />{{efn|The source cited in support of this table<ref name="UN2013info" /> contains additional information and/or clarifications regarding some listed countries.}}
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! WL{{efn|To save a woman's life}}
! PH{{efn|To preserve a woman's physical health}}
! MH{{efn|To preserve a woman's mental health}}
! RI{{efn|In cases of [[rape]] or [[incest]]}}
! FI{{efn|Because of [[foetus|foetal]] impairment}}
! ES{{efn|For economic or social reasons}}
! OR{{efn|On request}}
! Region
! class="unsortable" | Countries or areas
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|7F||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[Mozambique]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/mozambique-legalizes-abortion-president-signs-law-seeking-curb-high-maternal-1763486 |title=Mozambique Legalizes Abortion: President Signs Law Seeking To Curb High Maternal Mortality Rate |last=Moftah |first=Lora |date=19 December 2014 |website=International Business Times |publisher= |access-date=19 December 2016 |quote=The new law signed by Guebuza Thursday will ease abortion regulations in the country, allowing women to electively terminate their pregnancies during the first 12 weeks, except in the case of rape, which would extend the legal period to 16 weeks.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/01/mozambique-loosens-anti-abortion-laws-150120081246992.html |title=Mozambique loosens anti-abortion laws |last=Durr |first=Benjamin |date=26 January 2015 |website=Al Jazeera |publisher= |access-date=19 December 2016 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|7C||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Seychelles]]
|-
|76||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[Zambia]]
|-
|70||6||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[Burundi]], [[Comoros]], [[Kenya]], [[Rwanda]], [[Tanzania]], [[Uganda]]
|-
|6C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[Zimbabwe]]
|-
|40||5||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[Djibouti]], [[Madagascar]], [[Malawi]], [[Mauritius]], [[Somalia]]
|-
|40||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Africa]] || [[South Sudan]]{{efn|the 2013 source cited in support of this table asserts, based on 2006 law, that abortion is not allowed in South Sudan to save the life of the mother,<ref name="UN2013info" /> However, the South Sudan Penal Code Act of 2008 added phraseology to articles 216 and 220 which allowed abortion in that case.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/IMG/pdf/penal_code_act_2008.pdf|title=ACTS SUPPLEMENT No. 1|date=February 10, 2009|journal=The Southern Sudan Gazette No. 1|volume=|publisher=Ministry Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, Government of South Sudan}}</ref>}}
|-
|78||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central Africa]] || [[Cameroon]]
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central Africa]] || [[Equatorial Guinea]]
|-
|64||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central Africa]] || [[Chad]]
|-
|40||6||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central Africa]] ||[[Angola]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabon]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]
|-
|7F||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[North Africa]] || [[Tunisia]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[North Africa]] || [[Morocco]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/06/188740/morocco-liberalizes-abortion-laws-amends-penal-code/ |title=Morocco Liberalizes Abortion Laws, Amends Penal Code |last=Miller |first=Bryn |date=June 10, 2016 |website=Morocco World News |access-date=November 3, 2016 |quote=Yesterday’s reform amended the law to allow abortion in cases of incest, rape, and birth defects.}}</ref>
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[North Africa]] || [[Algeria]]
|-
|4C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[North Africa]] || [[Sudan]]
|-
|40||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[North Africa]] || [[Egypt]], [[Libya]]
|-
|7F||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Southern Africa]]|| [[South Africa]]
|-
|7C||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southern Africa]]|| [[Botswana]], [[Namibia]], [[Swaziland]]
|-
|40||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southern Africa]]|| [[Lesotho]]
|-
|7F||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[West Africa]] || [[Cape Verde]]
|-
|7C||5||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[West Africa]] || [[Benin]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Guinea]], [[Liberia]]
|-
|70||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[West Africa]] || [[Gambia]], [[Nigeria]], [[Sierra Leone]]
|-
|48||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[West Africa]] || [[Mali]]
|-
|6C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[West Africa]] || [[Togo]]
|-
|40||5||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[West Africa]] || [[Côte d’Ivoire]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Mauritania]], [[Niger]], [[Senegal]]
|-
|7F||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[East Asia]] || [[China]], [[North Korea]], [[Mongolia]]
|-
|7C||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Asia]] || [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/taiwan/healthcare/pregnancy-birth/termination-abortion|title=Termination of Pregnancy and Abortion in Taiwan - Taiwan - Angloinfo|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|6A||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[East Asia]] || [[Japan]]
|-
|7F||6||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[South Asia]] || [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Nepal]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]]
|-
|7E||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South Asia]] || [[India]]
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South Asia]] || [[Pakistan]]
|-
|60||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South Asia]] || [[Maldives]]
|-
|58||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South Asia]] || [[Bhutan]]
|-
|40||4||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South Asia]] || [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Iran]], [[Sri Lanka]]
|-
|7F||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Southeast Asia]] || [[Cambodia]], [[Singapore]], [[Vietnam]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southeast Asia]] || [[Thailand]]
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southeast Asia]] || [[Malaysia]]
|-
|4C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southeast Asia]] || [[Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://simavi.org/long-read/safe-abortion-indonesia-matter-law/ |title=Safe abortion in Indonesia: a matter of law |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 December 2015 |publisher=Simavi |access-date=6 November 2016 |quote=Abortion is legal when there is fetal impairment or when the mother is a victim of rape.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/24/why-indonesia-should-legalize-abortion.html |title=Why Indonesia should legalize abortion |last=Putri Sundawa |first=Shela |date=August 24, 2014 | website=The Jakarta Post |access-date=November 6, 2016 |quote=Abortion in Indonesia remains prohibited in most cases, unless the mother's life is in danger or in the case of rape.}}</ref>
|-
|60||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southeast Asia]] || [[Laos]]
|-
|40||4||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southeast Asia]] || [[Brunei Darussalam]], [[East Timor]], [[Myanmar]], [[Philippines]]
|-
|7F||5||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Western Asia]] || [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Bahrain]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Turkey]]
|-
|7C||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Asia]] || [[Cyprus]]. [[Israel]]
|-
|74||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Asia]] || [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]]
|-
|70||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Asia]] || [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
|-
|44||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Asia]] || [[Oman]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-womens-day-palestinians-idUSKCN0WA1OV |title=For Palestinian women, abortion can mean lies, jail or worse |last=Taha |first=Sabreen |date=8 March 2016 |website=Reuters |publisher= |access-date=19 December 2016 |quote=According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, doctors are permitted to perform abortions only when pregnancy endangers the mother's life, but not if it is a peril to her mental health. When fetal impairment is detected, an abortion can be performed if both parents consent, but terminating a pregnancy that resulted from rape or incest is banned, the ministry said.}}</ref>
|-
|40||4||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Asia]] || [[Iraq]], [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Yemen]]
|-
|7F||9||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Eastern Europe]] || [[Belarus]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Moldova]], [[Romania]], [[Russian Federation]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Eastern Europe]] || [[Poland]]
|-
|7F||6||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Northern Europe]] || [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]]
|-
|7E||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Northern Europe]] || [[Finland]], [[Iceland]]
|-
|76||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Northern Europe]] || [[United Kingdom]]
|-
|40||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Northern Europe]] || [[Republic of Ireland]]
|-
|7F||12||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Southern Europe]] || [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Greece]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://prishtinainsight.com/women-kosovo-powerless-reproductive-force-mag/ |title=Women: Kosovo’s powerless reproductive force |last=Gjocaj |first=Shqipe |date=14 April 2016 |website=pi.com |publisher=Prishtina Insight |access-date= |quote=Despite abortion being legal up to the tenth week of pregnancy, girls and women do not have access to sexual education}}</ref> [[Montenegro]], [[Portugal]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Republic of Macedonia]]
|-
|40||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southern Europe]] || [[Andorra]], [[San Marino]]
|-
|00||2||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Southern Europe]] || [[Holy See]], [[Malta]]
|-
|7F||7||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Western Europe]] || [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Netherlands]], [[Switzerland]] 
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Europe]] || [[Liechtenstein]]
|-
|4C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Western Europe]] || [[Monaco]]
|-
|7F||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Cuba]]
|-
|7E||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Barbados]], [[St. Vincent and the Grenadines]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Bahamas]]
|-
|78||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]]
|-
|70||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|-
|40||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Dominica]], [[Haiti]]
|-
|00||1||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Caribbean]] || [[Dominican Republic]]
|-
|76||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central America]] || [[Belize]]
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central America]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|4C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central America]] || [[Panama]]
|-
|40||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central America]] || [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]]
|-
|00||2||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Central America]] || [[El Salvador]], [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|7F||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Guyana]], [[Uruguay]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Colombia]]
|-
|78||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Bolivia]]
|-
|70||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]]
|-
|60||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Argentina]]
|-
|48||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Brazil]]
|-
|40||3||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Paraguay]], [[Suriname]], [[Venezuela]]
|-
|00||1||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[South America]] || [[Chile]]
|-
|7F||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[North America]] || [[Canada]], [[United States]]
|-
|7F||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}
|[[North America]] || [[Mexico]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Australasia]] || [[Australia]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Australasia]] || [[New Zealand]]
|-
|7C||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Melanesia]] || [[Fiji]]
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Melanesia]] || [[Vanuatu]]
|-
|40||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Melanesia]] || [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Solomon Islands]]
|-
|70||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Micronesia]] || [[Nauru]]
|-
|40||4||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Micronesia]] || [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Marshall Islands]], [[Kiribati]], [[Palau]]
|-
|78||1||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Polynesia]] || [[Cook Islands]]
|-
|70||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Polynesia]] || [[Niue]], [[Samoa]]
|-
|40||2||{{yes|{{aye}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}||{{no|{{nay}}}}
|[[Polynesia]] || [[Tonga]], [[Tuvalu]]
|}
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===Europe===
Despite a wide variation in the restrictions under which it is permitted, abortion is legal in most European countries. The exceptions are micro-states where it is totally illegal ([[Vatican City]] and [[Malta]]), micro-states where it is mostly illegal and severely restricted ([[San Marino]], [[Liechtenstein]] and [[Andorra]]) and both the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]] (the latter being part of the United Kingdom), where great prohibitions on abortion exist.<ref name="OstergrenBossé2011">{{cite book|last1=Ostergren|first1=Robert C. |last2=Le Bossé|first2=Mathias |title=The Europeans: A Geography of People, Culture, and Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-1fwix23zMC&pg=PA203|accessdate=30 December 2011|date=7 March 2011|publisher=Guilford Press|isbn=978-1-59385-384-6|page=203}}</ref><ref name="Kelly">{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35980195 | work=BBC News | title=Why are Northern Ireland's abortion laws different to the rest of the UK? | date=2016-04-08| first=Jon | last=Kelly}}</ref> The other states with existent, but less severe restrictions are [[Finland]], [[Poland]], [[Iceland]], [[Abortion in Monaco|Monaco]] and the United Kingdom (excepting [[Northern Ireland]]). All the remaining states make abortion legal on request. Although nearly every European country makes abortion available on demand during the first trimester, when it comes to later-term abortions, there are very few with laws as liberal as those of the United States.<ref name="Jenkins2007">{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Philip|title=God's continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's religious crisis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5FLMm69jJDkC&pg=PT91|accessdate=30 December 2011|date=11 May 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-531395-6|page=91}}</ref>  Restrictions on abortion are most stringent in countries that are more strongly observant of the Catholic faith.<ref name="OstergrenBossé2011" />

====European Union====
Most countries in the European Union allow abortion on demand during the first trimester. After the first trimester, abortion is allowed only under certain circumstances, such as risk to woman's life or health, fetal defects or other specific situations that may be related to the circumstances of the conception or the woman's age. For instance, in Austria, second trimester abortions are allowed only if there is a serious risk to physical health of woman (that cannot be averted by other means); risk to mental health of woman (that cannot be averted by other means); immediate risk to life of woman (that cannot be averted by other means); serious fetal impairment (physical or mental); or if the woman is under 14 years of age. Some countries, such as Denmark, allow abortion after the first trimester for a variety of reasons, including socioeconomic ones, but a woman needs an authorization to have such an abortion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/population/abortion/Denmark.abo.htm |title=1973 Danish abortion law ''Lovitidende for Kongeriget Danmark'' |publisher=Harvard Law |accessdate=2013-07-02}}</ref>

It should be noted that the access to an abortion in much of Europe depends not as much on the letter of the law, but on the prevailing social views which lead to the interpretation of the laws. For instance, in parts of Europe, laws which allow a second trimester abortion due to mental health concerns (when it is deemed that the woman's psychological health would suffer from the continuation of the pregnancy) have come to be interpreted very liberally, while in other conservative areas it is difficult to have a legal abortion even in the early stages of the pregnancy due to the policy of conscientious objection, under which doctors are allowed to refuse to perform an abortion if it is against their moral or religious convictions.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ippfen.org/NR/rdonlyres/2EB28750-BA71-43F8-AE2A-8B55A275F86C/0/Abortion_legislation_Europe_Jan2007.pdf |title=Abortion legislation in Europe |date=January 2007 |publisher=[[International Planned Parenthood Federation]] |accessdate=7 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313162004/http://www.ippfen.org/NR/rdonlyres/2EB28750-BA71-43F8-AE2A-8B55A275F86C/0/Abortion_legislation_Europe_Jan2007.pdf |archivedate=March 13, 2013 }}</ref>

Malta is the only EU country that bans abortion in all cases, and does not have an exception for situations where the woman's life is in danger. The law however is not strictly enforced in relation to instances where a pregnancy endangers the woman's life.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-07-14/news/malta-now-only-eu-country-without-life-saving-abortion-law-2068054030/ | title=Malta now only EU country without life-saving abortion law | publisher=Malta Independent | accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> (See [[Abortion in Malta]]).

In Italy abortion is legal, but, in the past years, it has become more and more difficult to access it, due to the rising number of objectors among doctors and nurses. Most women seeking abortions now resort to going abroad, paying a large price, or obtaining a clandestine abortion in unauthorized clinics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inchieste.repubblica.it/it/repubblica/rep-it/inchiesta-italiana/2013/05/23/news/torna_l_aborto_clandestino-59480523/?ref=HREC2-6 |title=Torna L'aborto Clandestino|date=31 May 2003}}</ref>

In Ireland abortion is illegal with the exception of cases where a woman's life is endangered by the continuation of her pregnancy (see [[Abortion in the Republic of Ireland]]). Andorra allows for abortions only when there is a threat to the woman's life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eclj.org/pdf/ECLJ_MEMO_COUNCIL_OF_EUROPE_CONSCIENTIOUS_OBJECTION_McCafferty_EN_Puppinck.pdf |format=PDF |title=Memorandum on the PACE Report - Women's Access to Lawful Medical Care: The Problem of Unregulated Use of Conscientious Objection |publisher=European Centre for Law and Justice |date=20 July 2010 |accessdate=2013-07-02}}</ref>

With the exception of Poland, Europe's formerly Communist countries have liberal abortion laws.
Poland is a country with a strict abortion law. Abortion is allowed only in cases of risk to the life or health of the woman, when the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act (the criminal act has to be confirmed by a prosecutor), or when the fetus is seriously malformed. A doctor who performs an abortion which is deemed to not have a legal basis is subject to criminal prosecution, and, out of fear of prosecution, doctors avoid abortions, except in the most extreme circumstances.

Most European countries have laws which stipulate that minor girls need their parents' consent or that the parents must be informed of the abortion. In most of these countries however, this rule can be circumvented if a committee agrees that the girl may be posed at risk if her parents find out about the pregnancy, or that otherwise it is in her best interests to not notify her parents.  The interpretation in practice of these laws depends from region to region, as with the other abortion laws.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Some countries differentiate between younger pregnant minors and older ones, with the latter not subjected to parental restrictions (for example under or above 16).<ref>https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/6049/serbia--abortion-law</ref>
 
In countries where abortion is illegal or restricted, it is common for women to travel to neighboring countries with more liberal laws. It was estimated in 2007 that over 6,000 Irish women travel to England to have abortions every year.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

====Africa====


As of 2015, an estimated 90% of women of childbearing age in Africa live in countries with restrictive abortion laws. Even where the law allows abortion under limited circumstances, it is likely that few women in these countries are able to navigate the processes required to obtain a safe, legal procedure.
Abortion is not permitted for any reason in 11 out of 54 African countries.
Five countries in Africa have relatively liberal abortion laws: Zambia permits abortion on socioeconomic grounds, and Cape Verde, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia allow pregnancy termination without restriction as to reason, but with gestational limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/facts-abortion-africa|title=Abortion in Africa|date=10 May 2016|publisher=}}</ref>

==Exceptions in abortion law==
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There are a few common exceptions sometimes found in legal domains where abortion is generally forbidden.  Legal domains which do not have abortion on demand will often allow it when the health of the mother is at stake. "Health of the mother" may mean something different in different areas: for example, the [[Abortion in the Republic of Ireland|Republic of Ireland]] allows abortion only to save the life of the mother, whereas pro-lifers in the United States argue health exceptions are used so broadly as to render a ban essentially meaningless.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2008/10/15/health-of-the-mother.html |title='Health' of the Mother |date=October 15, 2008 |work=[[Newsweek]] |postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>

Some doctors believe the mothers who are terminally ill with disease or cancer that can possibly eventually kill the mother before she can carry the baby to term. Some diseases and cancer can be very damaging to the fetus and the mother in the process of the pregnancy. Some of the illness can prevent the fetus develop properly or not be able to develop at all. If the mother is going through the radiation or chemotherapy while pregnant, it can be very harmful to the fetus in the process. There are some aggressive cancer and diseases that can potentially kill the mother and fetus before they can survive the entire pregnancy. The doctors usually recommend abortion if they believe the mother should not risk their health or their fetus’s health during the treatment or during the illness.


Laws allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest often go together. For example, before ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', thirteen [[U.S. state|US states]] allowed abortion in the case of either rape or incest, but only [[Mississippi]] permitted abortion of pregnancies due to rape, and no state permitted it for just incest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/states-probe-limits-of-abortion-policy2-85899387496 <!-- old URL: http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&contentId=121780 --> |title=States probe limits of abortion policy |date=June 22, 2006 |work=Stateline}}</ref>

Many countries allow for abortion only through the first or second [[Trimester (pregnancy)|trimester]], and some may allow abortion in cases of fetal defects, e.g., [[Down syndrome]].

==Case law==
Australia
*''[[R v Davidson]]'' (1969)
*[http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2006/762.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=title(R%20and%20sood%20) R v Sood (No 3)] [2006] NSWSC 762
Canada
*[[Abortion trial of Emily Stowe]] (1879)
*''[[Azoulay v. The Queen]]'' (1952)
*''[[Morgentaler v. The Queen]]'' (1976)
*''[[R. v. Morgentaler]]'' (1988)
*''[[Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General)]]'' (1989)
*''[[Tremblay v. Daigle]]'' (1989)
*''[[R. v. Morgentaler]]'' (1993)
Germany
*[[German Federal Constitutional Court abortion decision]] (1975)
[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
*''[[Attorney General v. X]]'' (1992)
South Africa
* ''[[Christian Lawyers Association v Minister of Health]]'' (1998)
United States
*''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' (1973)
*''[[Doe v. Bolton]]'' (1973)
*''[[H. L. v. Matheson]]'' (1981)
*''[[City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health]]'' (1983)
*''[[Webster v. Reproductive Health Services]]'' (1989)
*''[[Hodgson v. Minnesota]]'' (1990)
*''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'' (1992)
*''[[Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic]]'' (1993)
*''[[Stenberg v. Carhart]]'' (2000)
*''[[McCorvey v. Hill]]'' (2004)
*''[[Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England]]'' (2006)
*''[[Gonzales v. Carhart]]'' (2007)
[[European Court of Human Rights]]
*''[[A. B. and C. v. Ireland]]'' (2009)
*''[[Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt]]'' (2016)

==See also==
{{columns-list|2|
*[[Abortion debate]]
**[[Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate]]
*[[Conscience clause]]
*[[Fetal rights]]
*[[Hippocratic Oath]]
*[[History of abortion]]
*[[Medical law]]
*[[Mexico City Policy]]
*[[Anti-abortion movements|Opposition to legal abortion]]
*[[Religion and abortion]]
*''[[Roe v. Wade]]
*[[Abortion-rights movements|Support for legal abortion]]
*[[Abortion in Nigeria]]
*[[Ohio "Heartbeat Bill"]]
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/population/abortion/abortionlaws.htm Abortion Laws of the World]. (n.d.). ''Annual Review of Population Law.'' Retrieved July 14, 2006.
*Appel, Jacob M. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&uid=16273974 'Conscience' vs. Care: How Refusal Clauses are Reshaping the Rights Revolution], ''Medicine and Health, Rhode Island'', August 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
*Rahman, Anika, Katzive, Laura, & Henshaw, Stanley K. (1998). [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2405698.html A Global Review of Laws on Induced Abortion, 1985–1997]. ''International Family Planning Perspectives, 24 (2)''. Retrieved July 14, 2006.
*United Nations Population Division. (2002). [https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion Abortion Policies: A Global Review]. Retrieved July 14, 2006.
*IPPF European Network. (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20060818085422/http://www.ippfen.com/files/105.pdf Abortion Legislation in Europe]. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
*Center for Reproductive Rights. (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327102612/http://pewforum.org/publications/reports/abortion-laws.pdf law sidebars10.pdf Abortion and the Law: Ten Years of Reform]. Retrieved November 22, 2006. (archived from [http://www.crlp.org/pdf/pub_bp_Abortion the original] on 2009-03-27)
*The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. (November 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327102612/http://pewforum.org/publications/reports/abortion-laws.pdf Abortion Laws Around The World]. Retrieved April 18, 2007.
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6235557.stm Europe's Abortion Laws]. (February 12, 2007). ''BBC News.'' Retrieved February 12, 2007.
*United Nations Population Division. (2007). [https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_Abortion_Policies_Chart/2007_WallChart.pdf World Abortion Policies 2007]. Retrieved October 3, 2007.

==External links==
* [http://www.crlp.org/pub_fac_abortion_laws.html Center for Reproductive Rights]
* [http://www.pregnantpause.org/lex/world02.htm Pregnant Pause: Summary of Abortion Laws Around the World]
* [http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/law-policy/ Laws on Abortion in the Second Trimesters], The International Consortium for Medical Abortion (ICMA)
* [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33467.pdf Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response] [[Congressional Research Service]]

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