Status of Abortion in countries around the globe
Abortion is legal in all but 4 countries around the world i.e; 191 countries out of 195 allow abortion for one or other reason and the common reason is to save the life and health of the mother. So do you think there’s a change in the evolution of ‘Motherhood’ around centuries? When fear creeps in…love is lost.
use ctrl+f keys to search the country you are specifically interested in or follow the alphabetical order for convenience. For a detailed list of status of abortion in case of rape, in case of babies with disabilities, in case of socio-economic conditions and much more go to : https://goo.gl/fPXsJI
- Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS) ———————————————-YES
- Albania (Tirane) (EU)———————–– ————————-YES
- Algeria (Algiers) (AF)————————————————-YES
- Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)—————————————–YES
- Angola (Luanda) (AF)————————————————YES
- Antigua and Barbuda (St. John’s) (NA)————————————YES
- Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)——————————————YES
- Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)————————————————YES
- Australia (Canberra) (AU)———————————————YES
- Austria (Vienna) (EU)————————————————-YES
- Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)————————————————YES
- Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)———————————————–YES
- Bahrain (Manama) (AS)————————————————YES
- Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)———————————————–YES
- Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)——————————————–YES
- Belarus (Minsk) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Belgium (Brussels) (EU)————————————————YES
- Belize (Belmopan) (NA)————————————————YES
- Benin (Porto-Novo) (AF)———————————————–YES
- Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)————————————————YES
- Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)—————————————————YES
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)———————————-YES
- Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)———————————————-YES
- Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)—————————————————YES
- Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan) (AS)—————————————YES
- Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)—————————————-YES
- Burma/Myanmar (Nay Pyi Taw) (AS)————————————-YES
- Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)———————————————-YES
- Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)——————————————-YES
- Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)———————————————-YES
- Canada (Ottawa) (NA)————————————————-YES
- Cape Verde (Praia) (EU – Portugal)—————————————YES
- Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)———————————–YES
- Chad (N’Djamena) (AF)————————————————YES
- Chile (Santiago) (SA)—————————————————NO
- China (Beijing) (AS)—————————————————YES
- Colombia (Bogota) (SA)————————————————YES
- Comoros (Moroni) (AF)————————————————YES
- Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)———————————————–YES
- Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)—————————-YES
- Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)———————————————-YES
- Cote d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)—————————–YES
- Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Cuba (Havana) (NA)—————————————————YES
- Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)—————————————-YES
- Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)——————————————-YES
- Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)——————————————–YES
- Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)————————————————YES
- Dominica (Roseau) (NA)———————————————–YES
- Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)——————————-YES
- East Timor (Dili) (AS)————————————————-YES
- Ecuador (Quito) (SA)————————————————–YES
- Egypt (Cairo) (AF)—————————————————-YES
- El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)——————————————NO
- Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)—————————————-YES
- Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)————————————————-YES
- Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)————————————————-YES
- Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)——————————————–YES
- Fiji (Suva) (AU – Oceania)———————————————–YES
- Finland (Helsinki) (EU)————————————————YES
- France (Paris) (EU)—————————————————-YES
- Gabon (Libreville) (AF)————————————————-YES
- Gambia (Banjul) (AF)————————————————–YES
- Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Germany (Berlin) (EU)————————————————-YES
- Ghana (Accra) (AF)—————————————————-YES
- Greece (Athens) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Grenada (St. George’s) (NA)———————————————YES
- Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)—————————————-YES
- Guinea (Conakry) (AF)————————————————-YES
- Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)——————————————–YES
- Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)———————————————-YES
- Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)———————————————YES
- Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)——————————————-YES
- Hungary (Budapest) (EU)———————————————–YES
- Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)————————————————YES
- India (New Delhi) (AS)————————————————-YES
- Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)———————————————–YES
- Iran (Tehran) (AS)—————————————————-YES
- Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)—————————————————YES
- Ireland (Dublin) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)————————————————-YES
- Italy (Rome) (EU)—————————————————–YES
- Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)———————————————–YES
- Japan (Tokyo) (AS)—————————————————-YES
- Jordan (Amman) (AS)————————————————–YES
- Kazakhstan (Astana) (AS)———————————————-YES
- Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)————————————————–YES
- Kiribati (South Tarawa) (AU – Oceania)————————————YES
- Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)——————————————YES
- Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)———————————————-YES
- Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)———————————————–YES
- Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)———————————————-YES
- Laos (Vientiane) (AS)————————————————–YES
- Latvia (Riga) (EU)—————————————————-YES
- Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)————————————————-YES
- Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)————————————————YES
- Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)————————————————YES
- Libya (Tripoli) (AF)—————————————————-YES
- Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)———————————————YES
- Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)————————————————YES
- Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU)—————————————–YES
- Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)———————————————–YES
- Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)—————————————–YES
- Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)————————————————YES
- Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)——————————————-YES
- Maldives (Male) (AS)————————————————–YES
- Mali (Bamako) (AF)—————————————————YES
- Malta (Valletta) (EU)—————————————————NO
- Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU – Oceania)———————————-YES
- Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)——————————————-YES
- Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)———————————————YES
- Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)———————————————-YES
- Micronesia (Palikir) (AU – Oceania)—————————————YES
- Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)———————————————–YES
- Monaco (Monaco) (EU)————————————————YES
- Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)———————————————YES
- Montenegro (Podgorica) (EU)——————————————-YES
- Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)————————–YES
- Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)——————————————–YES
- Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)———————————————-YES
- Nauru (no official capital) (AU – Oceania)———————————–YES
- Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)———————————————–YES
- Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)———————————YES
- New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)——————————————YES
- Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)———————————————YES
- Niger (Niamey) (AF)—————————————————YES
- Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)————————————————–YES
- Norway (Oslo) (EU)—————————————————YES
- Oman (Muscat) (AS)—————————————————YES
- Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)———————————————-YES
- Palau (Koror) (AU – Oceania)——————————————–YES
- Panama (Panama City) (NA)——————————————–YES
- Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)———————————–YES
- Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)———————————————-YES
- Peru (Lima) (SA)—————————————————–YES
- Philippines (Manila) (AS)———————————————-YES
- Poland (Warsaw) (EU)————————————————-YES
- Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)————————————————-YES
- Qatar (Doha) (AS)—————————————————–YES
- Romania (Bucharest) (EU)———————————————-YES
- Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS)—————————————YES
- Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)————————————————–YES
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)———————————–YES
- Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)———————————————-YES
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)————————YES
- Samoa (Apia) (AU – Oceania)——————————————–YES
- San Marino (San Marino) (EU)——————————————-YES
- Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)———————————-YES
- Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)———————————————YES
- Senegal (Dakar) (AF)————————————————–YES
- Serbia (Belgrade) (EU)————————————————-YES
- Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)———————————————-YES
- Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)——————————————-YES
- Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)—————————————–YES
- Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)———————————————-YES
- Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)———————————————YES
- Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU – Oceania)——————————–YES
- Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)———————————————YES
- South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)———————–YES
- South Sudan (Juba) (AF)———————————————-YES
- Spain (Madrid) (EU)————————————————–YES
- Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)———————————————-YES
- Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)———————————————–YES
- Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)——————————————-YES
- Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)——————————————–YES
- Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)———————————————-YES
- Switzerland (Bern) (EU)———————————————–YES
- Syria (Damascus) (AS)————————————————-YES
- Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)———————————————YES
- Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)———————————————–YES
- Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)———————————————–YES
- Togo (Lome) (AF)—————————————————–YES
- Tonga (Nuku’alofa) (AU – Oceania)—————————————-YES
- Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)——————————–YES
- Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)—————————————————YES
- Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)——————————————–YES
- Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)——————————————YES
- Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU – Oceania)—————————————–YES
- Uganda (Kampala) (AF)————————————————YES
- Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)—————————————————YES
- United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)———————————–YES
- United Kingdom (London) (EU)—————————————–YES
- United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)————————————-YES
- Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)———————————————YES
- Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)———————————————YES
- Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU – Oceania)—————————————YES
- Vatican City (na) (EU)————————————————-NO
- Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)———————————————–YES
- Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)————————————————-YES
- Yemen (Sana) (AS)—————————————————YES
- Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)————————————————-YES
- Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)———————————————–YES
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? ….” Is:49:15
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