This document summarizes abortion laws in different countries around the world. It finds that abortion is legal under varying circumstances in places like the UK, Finland, Iceland, Hungary, parts of Australia and Canada, while it is illegal or restricted in Ireland, Malta, the Philippines, parts of the US, Nigeria, Chile, El Salvador and the Vatican. The circumstances under which abortion is allowed or restricted varies widely between countries and sometimes within countries, but common exceptions include protecting the health or life of the mother, cases of rape or fetal abnormalities.

1. Abortion laws in different countries
University of Szeged
Director : Soroush Namini

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4. Europe
Legal on request
Illegal with no exceptions
Malta is the only European country that bans
abortion in all cases, and does not have an
exception for situations where the woman's
life is in danger
Illegal with exceptions for
maternal life, mental health,
health, rape, fetal defects,
and/or socioeconomic factors.
United Kingdom , Finland , Iceland

5. Palestine
Abortions illegal in Palestine
For Palestinian women, abortion can mean lies, jail or worse

6. Hungary
Abortion in Hungary was allowed without
exception as early as 1953.
Hungary having one of the most liberal
abortion laws in Europe.
As of 2010, the abortion rate was 19.4 abortions per 1000 women aged 15-44 years

7. Republic of Ireland
abortions are illegal except when a woman’s life
is at imminent risk
As of 2010, the abortion rate was
4.5 abortions per 1000 women
aged 15–44 years

8. Abortion rate
The data on abortions displayed on the
Worldometers' counter is based on the latest
statistics on worldwide abortions published by
the World Health Organization (WHO)
According to WHO, every year in the world
there are an estimated 40-50 million
abortions.
This corresponds to
approximately 125,000 abortions per day.

9. USA
Abortion in the United States has been
and remains one of the most
controversial issues in United States
culture and politics
there are over 3,000 abortions per day
22% of all pregnancies in the end in abortion
Roe v. Wade (1973), is a landmark decision by the United States
Supreme Court on the issue of abortion

10. Another study, in 1998, revealed that in 1987 to 1988,
women reported the following as their primary reasons
for choosing an abortion:
25.9% Want to postpone childbearing.
21.3% Cannot afford a baby
14.1% Has relationship problem or partner does
not want pregnancy
12.2% Too young; parent(s) object to pregnancy
10.8% Having a child will disrupt education or
job
7.9% Want no (more) children
3.3% Risk to fetal health
2.8% Risk to maternal health
2.1% Other
the main actors in the abortion debate are most often labeled
either as "pro-choice" or "pro-life", though shades of opinion exist,
and most Americans are considered to be somewhere in the middle

11. Vatican
Vatican City in Europe,
ban the procedure entirely
The Catholic church has long taught
that abortion is a sin

12. Australia
Western Australia & new South Wales
Northern Territory , South Australia
Melbourne
Queensland
Legal for maternal life, rape, health, fetal defects, mental
health, economic factors, and/or social factors
Legal on request
Legal for maternal life, rape, health, fetal
defects, and/or mental health
Legal for maternal life, health, and/or mental health
Australian Capital Territory. The Australian Capital Territory is the only other state that
does not refer to abortion in its criminal code.
Abortion is allowed at all stages of a pregnancy. In the first twelve weeks of a
pregnancy a termination can be sought at a private or public clinic.

13. Russia
the Russian Parliament passed a law
restricting abortion to the first 12 weeks of
pregnancy with an exception up to 22
weeks if the pregnancy was the result of
rape, and for medical necessity it can be
performed at any point during pregnancy.
1.2 million abortions in Russia, out of a population of 143 million people

14. China
Abortion in China is legal and is a
government service available
on request for women
Forced abortions associated with
administration of the one-child policy have
occurred in the People's Republic of China
In terms of the total number, in 2009 China reported that it had over 13 million abortions,
out of a population of 1.3 billion

15. Mexico
Abortion is legal in mexico only when the woman's
life is in danger or in cases of rape or incest.
States are allowed to regulate their abortion laws
and some will allow an abortion when there are
severe congenital defects.
Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, fetal defects
if abortion was accidental, or economic factors
(if woman already has 3 children) yellow
Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, fetal defects
and/or if abortion was accidental (brown)
Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, and/or if abortion was accidental

16. Nigeria
In Nigeria, abortion is illegal and
perceived to be a taboo except if it is
performed to save the life of a woman
Nigeria’s abortion laws make it one of the most
restrictive countries regarding abortion.
Nigeria’s criminal law system is divided
between the northern and southern states of
Nigeria.
rate of 25 abortions per 1,000 women in aged 15–44 each year

17. Canada
Canada is one of the very
few countries in the world
that has NO criminal law
restricting abortion at all
In 2005, 97,254 abortions were reported in Canada;
it is estimated that this number "represents approximately 90% of all abortions
performed in Canada involving Canadian residents”.
This number has been decreasing since at least 1998
is legal at all stages of pregnancy

18. Iran
Medical abortion is legal .
In Iran, laws are based on the Islamic Sharia,
there is a slight difference regarding this issue.
Based on the Islamic law, formation of the
fetus's life is divided into two stages:
before the fetus is infused with life and after it.
According to law , for abortion 3 doctors should be agree
which mother’s life is in danger or baby will have down syndrome

19. Chile , Dominican Republic , El Salvador and
Nicaragua in addition to Malta and Vatican City in
Europe , BAN the procedure entirely.
Chile Nicaragua
El Salvador Dominican

20. THANK YOU
Soroush Namini