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Click below for a list of countries in each category with their additional legal grounds, and consent and gestational-age requirements
1
Prohibited altogether (no explicit legal exceptions)
2
To save life of woman
3
To save life of woman/preserve physical health
4
To save life of woman/preserve physical and mental health
5
To save life of woman/preserve physical and mental health/on socioeconomic grounds
6
No restriction as to reason (with gestational and other requirements)
Additional legal grounds denoted by:
R = pregnancies resulting from rape
I = pregnancies resulting from incest
F = when fetus has grave anomaly
Notes: Gestational-age limit data are available only for countries in legality category 6. For these countries, unless indicated otherwise (i.e., by symbols ‡ through *‡ designated below), abortion is legally allowed through the 12th week of gestation; the 12-week limit applies to 37 countries. *Spousal authorization required. †Parental authorization/notification required. ‡Gestational age limit through 14th week. §Gestational-age limit through 8th week. **Gestational-age limit through 90 days/three months. ††No gestational-age limit for previability abortion. ‡‡Law does not indicate gestational-age limit. §§ Gestational-age limit through 24th week. *†Gestational-age limit through 10th week. *‡Gestational-age limit through 18th week. Sources: references 56, 57 and 89; Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of China, Genetic Health Act of 1985, amended as of 2009, Taipei, Taiwan; and Republic of Mozambique, Lei nº 35/2014, Lei da revisão do Código Penal, Artigo 168, Aborto não punível, Maputo, Mozambique, 2014.
Source:
Appendix Table 1, Singh S et al., Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/report/abortion-worldwide-2017
