In Africa, abortion is subject to various national abortion laws. Most women in Africa live in countries with restrictive laws. Most countries in Africa...

Abortion in South Africa is legal by request (no reason needs to be provided) when the pregnancy is under 13 weeks. It is also legal to terminate a pregnancy...

In Equatorial Guinea, abortion is only legal if the pregnancy poses a risk to health or life of the mother or fetus, or in the case of pregnancy from rape...

Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including...

In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save the life of the mother. Abortion is a felony punishable by prison. Malawi's abortion law is one of the strictest...

permissive abortion laws in Africa, though its restrictions limit access. The Termination of Pregnancy Act, passed in 1972, legalizes abortion if approved...

minor. Illegal abortions are punishable by fines and prison. Legal abortions require approval from doctors in the case of therapeutic abortion or ethics committees...

In Madagascar, abortion is illegal in all circumstances. The abortion law punishes receiving or assisting in an abortion with imprisonment or fines. It...

Abortion is a controversial topic in Nigeria. Abortion in Nigeria is governed by the two laws that differs greatly depending on geographical location...

In Liberia, abortion is only legal in cases of rape, fetal impairment, or risk to the mother's physical or mental health or life, up to the 24th week...

abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Abortion was banned in Gabon under French colonial law, and later by a total ban in 1969. In the 1990s and 2000s, public...

In Sierra Leone, abortion is a criminal offence. Its abortion law does not specify any grounds for legal abortion. It is unclear whether abortion is permitted...

In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...

South Africa, where it is safe and legal. Clandestine abortions are available in Lesotho from foreign physicians. Women who are likely to have abortions are...

first African countries to reform its abortion law. Access to abortion is low due to stigma, lack of knowledge, and lack of doctors. Abortion has increased...

bans abortion. Receiving an abortion is punishable by fines and prison. Abortion was banned in the colonial era. In 1967, an exception was made in the...

travel to South Africa for legal abortions. Post-abortion care is available but inadequate. Receiving, performing, or aiding in an abortion is a crime punishable...

In Seychelles, abortion is legal in the cases of risk to life, risk to physical or mental health, birth defects, pregnancy from rape, or mental incapacity...

An unsafe abortion is a life-threatening procedure. It includes self-induced abortions, abortions in unhygienic conditions, and abortions performed by...

The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly, depending on the laws of each...

Abortion in Australia is legal. There are no federal abortion laws, and full decriminalisation of the procedure has been enacted in all jurisdictions...

Abortion laws vary widely among countries and territories, and have changed over time. Such laws range from abortion being freely available on request...

Abortion in Germany is legal on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy upon condition of mandatory counseling. The same goes later in pregnancy...

regularly report abortion statistics in the United States. They use different methodologies, so they report somewhat different abortion rates, but they...

Abortion in the United Kingdom is de facto available under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 in Great Britain and the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No...

Abortion in Zimbabwe is available under limited circumstances. Zimbabwe's current abortion law, the Termination of Pregnancy Act, was enacted by Rhodesia's...

In 2005, the Ethiopian Parliament liberalised the abortion law to grant safe abortions to women in specific circumstances. Currently, abortion is legal...

Abortion in Egypt is prohibited by Articles 260–264 of the Penal Code of 1937. However, under Article 61 of the Penal Code, exceptions may be granted...

Abortion in Canada is legal throughout pregnancy and is publicly funded as a medical procedure under the combined effects of the federal Canada Health...

Abortion is illegal in Tanzania except to preserve the life of the mother. Under the Tanzanian penal code, health practitioners who perform illegal abortions...