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Health > Births and maternity > Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
COUNTRY
DESCRIPTION
AfghanistanAfghanistan Illegal
AlbaniaAlbania Legal
AlgeriaAlgeria Illegal
AndorraAndorra Illegal
AngolaAngola Illegal
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Illegal
ArgentinaArgentina Illegal
ArmeniaArmenia Legal
AustraliaAustralia Legal
AustriaAustria Legal
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Legal
BahrainBahrain Legal
BangladeshBangladesh Illegal
BarbadosBarbados Legal
BelarusBelarus Legal
BelgiumBelgium Legal
BelizeBelize Legal
BeninBenin Illegal
BhutanBhutan Illegal
BoliviaBolivia Illegal
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Legal
BotswanaBotswana Illegal
BrazilBrazil Illegal
BruneiBrunei Illegal
BulgariaBulgaria Legal
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Illegal
BurmaBurma Illegal
BurundiBurundi Illegal
CambodiaCambodia Legal
CameroonCameroon Illegal
CanadaCanada Legal
Cape VerdeCape Verde Legal
Central African RepublicCentral Africa Illegal
ChadChad Illegal
ChileChile Illegal
ChinaChina Legal
ColombiaColombia Illegal
ComorosComoros Illegal
Cook IslandsCook Islands Illegal
Costa RicaCosta Rica Illegal
CroatiaCroatia Legal
CubaCuba Legal
CyprusCyprus Illegal
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Legal
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR. Illegal
DenmarkDenmark Legal
DjiboutiDjibouti Illegal
DominicaDominica Illegal
Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. Illegal
EcuadorEcuador Illegal
EgyptEgypt Illegal
El SalvadorEl Salvador Illegal
Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea Illegal
EritreaEritrea Illegal
EstoniaEstonia Legal
EthiopiaEthiopia Illegal
Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesia Illegal
FijiFiji Legal
FinlandFinland Legal
FranceFrance Legal
GabonGabon Illegal
GeorgiaGeorgia Legal
GermanyGermany Legal
GhanaGhana Illegal
GreeceGreece Legal
GrenadaGrenada Illegal
GuatemalaGuatemala Illegal
GuineaGuinea Illegal
Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau Illegal
GuyanaGuyana Legal
HaitiHaiti Illegal
Holy See (Vatican City)Vatican City Illegal
HondurasHonduras Illegal
HungaryHungary Legal
IcelandIceland Legal
IndiaIndia Legal
IndonesiaIndonesia Illegal
IranIran Illegal
IraqIraq Illegal
IrelandIreland Illegal
IsraelIsrael Illegal
ItalyItaly Legal
JamaicaJamaica Illegal
JapanJapan Legal
JordanJordan Illegal
KazakhstanKazakhstan Legal
KenyaKenya Illegal
KiribatiKiribati Illegal
KuwaitKuwait Illegal
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Legal
LaosLaos Illegal
LatviaLatvia Legal
LebanonLebanon Illegal
LesothoLesotho Illegal
LiberiaLiberia Illegal
LibyaLibya Illegal
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Illegal
LithuaniaLithuania Legal
LuxembourgLuxembourg Legal
MadagascarMadagascar Illegal
MalawiMalawi Illegal
MalaysiaMalaysia Illegal
MaldivesMaldives Illegal
MaliMali Illegal
MaltaMalta Illegal
Marshall IslandsMarshall Isl. Illegal
MauritaniaMauritania Illegal
MauritiusMauritius Illegal
MexicoMexico Illegal
MoldovaMoldova Legal
MonacoMonaco Illegal
MongoliaMongolia Legal
MontenegroMontenegro Legal
MoroccoMorocco Illegal
MozambiqueMozambique Illegal
NamibiaNamibia Illegal
NauruNauru Illegal
NepalNepal Legal
NetherlandsNetherlands Legal
New ZealandNew Zealand Illegal
NicaraguaNicaragua Illegal
NigerNiger Illegal
NigeriaNigeria Illegal
NiueNiue Illegal
North KoreaNorth Korea Legal
NorwayNorway Legal
OmanOman Illegal
PakistanPakistan Illegal
PalauPalau Illegal
PanamaPanama Illegal
Papua New GuineaPapua NG Illegal
ParaguayParaguay Illegal
PeruPeru Illegal
PhilippinesPhilippines Illegal
PolandPoland Illegal
PortugalPortugal Illegal
QatarQatar Illegal
Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep. Legal
RomaniaRomania Legal
RussiaRussia Legal
RwandaRwanda Illegal
Saint Kitts and NevisSt Kitts+ Illegal
Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Illegal
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSt Vincent+ Legal
SamoaSamoa Illegal
San MarinoSan Marino Illegal
Sao Tome and PrincipeSoa Tome+ Illegal
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Illegal
SenegalSenegal Illegal
SerbiaSerbia Legal
SeychellesSeychelles Illegal
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Illegal
SingaporeSingapore Legal
SlovakiaSlovakia Legal
SloveniaSlovenia Legal
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Illegal
SomaliaSomalia Illegal
South AfricaSouth Africa Legal
South KoreaSouth Korea Illegal
SpainSpain Illegal
Sri LankaSri Lanka Illegal
SudanSudan Illegal
SurinameSuriname Illegal
SwazilandSwaziland Illegal
SwedenSweden Legal
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Legal
SyriaSyria Illegal
TajikistanTajikistan Legal
TanzaniaTanzania Illegal
ThailandThailand Illegal
The BahamasThe Bahamas Illegal
The GambiaThe Gambia Illegal
TogoTogo Illegal
TongaTonga Illegal
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ Illegal
TunisiaTunisia Legal
TurkeyTurkey Legal
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Legal
TuvaluTuvalu Illegal
UgandaUganda Illegal
UkraineUkraine Legal
United Arab EmiratesUAE Illegal
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Legal
United StatesUnited States Legal
UruguayUruguay Illegal
UzbekistanUzbekistan Legal
VanuatuVanuatu Illegal
VenezuelaVenezuela Illegal
VietnamVietnam Legal
YemenYemen Illegal
ZambiaZambia Legal
ZimbabweZimbabwe Illegal

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