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 Global Abortion Legislation

Laws regulating induced abortion vary from country to country. Worldwide legislation can, however, be characterized by five common categories, under which induced abortion may be a legalized medical intervention.  These are:

• Save the mother's life

• Protect the mother's physical health

• Protect the mother's mental health

• On grounds of socio-economic reasons

• Without restrictions as to reason (however, with limits to the gestational period until when an abortion is legal).

% of worldwide population under the different abortion regulations of their countries:

Categories of abortion regulations:

  Induced abortions are allowed in:

• 54 countries to save the mother's life

• 23 countries to protect the mother's physical health

• 20 countries to protect the mother's mental health

• 6 countries on grounds of socio-economic reasons

• 49 countries without restrictions as to reason, however, mostly with limits to the gestational period until when an abortion is legal.