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Green | Abortion never legal, or legal only when necessary to save the life of the mother or protect her physical health |
Yellow | Abortion legal in "hard cases", such as rape, incest, and/or deformed child. |
Red | Abortion legal for social reasons (e.g. mother says she can't afford a child), or to protect the mother's "mental health" (definitions and requirements vary). |
Purple | Abortion legal at any time during pregnancy for any reason. |
This map presents a summary of present abortion laws around the world. We first collected this data in 2002. We conducted a major review and update in 2007, so the information should me (mostly) accurate as of that date. We have made some sporadic updates as we became aware of changes since.
For a more detailed breakdown of each nation's laws, see our article Summary of Abortion Laws Around the World. (Clicking on any country in the above map should take you to the entry for that country in the "Summary" article.)
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Originally posted 4 Sep 2002.
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