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

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

access to abortion. There are widely different abortion laws depending on state. From the American Revolution to the mid-19th century abortion was not an...

miscarriage. But in what follows the term abortion will always refer to an induced abortion. Abortion laws and their enforcement have fluctuated through...

begin from June 8, 2024. As a territory, Arizona banned abortion in 1864, and although the law became unenforceable after the decision in Roe v. Wade,...

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 Europe varies considerably between countries and territories due to differing national laws and policies on its legality, availability of...

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage...

Formally banned in 1869, abortion would remain illegal in Canadian law for the next 100 years. In 1969, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 legalized...

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

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

recognized as incurable. The abortion law was liberalized by the Veil Act in 1975. The First French Republic saw the act of abortion being changed from an act...

abortions on Polish pregnant women had to be carried out outside Poland due to the strict restraints within their own country. Poland's abortion law is...

Abortion has been legal in India under various circumstances with the introduction of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971. The Medical...

prohibition on abortion, under the general criminal law principles of necessity as set forth in article 11(4) of the Code, an abortion may be legally...

generally protected a right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many abortion laws, and caused an ongoing abortion debate in the United States about...

prevent "substantial impairment of major bodily function", but the law on abortion in Texas is written in such an ambiguous way that it is unclear to...

commentators. The Quran does not directly address intentional abortion, leaving greater discretion to the laws of individual countries. Although opinions among Islamic...

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

Abortion in Alabama is illegal. Historically, Alabama's abortion laws have evolved from strict regulations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to...

Abortion in Russia is legal as an elective procedure up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and in special circumstances at later stages. Following the takeover...

the country seeking an elective abortion. Under a 1977 abortion law, a termination committee can approve an abortion, under sub-section 316a, in the following...

hospitals. Abortion in New Zealand is regulated by four laws: the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977...

the 1983 Code of Canon Law imposes automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication on Latin Catholics who actually procure an abortion, if they fulfill the...

foetal abnormality. Abortion services commenced on 1 January 2019, following its legalisation by the aforementioned Act, which became law on 20 December 2018...

of abortion, and at the same time mediating and reducing the impact anti-abortion campaigns have had on the law. The first specifically anti-abortion organization...

medical abortion, also known as medication abortion or non-surgical abortion, occurs when drugs (medication) are used to bring about an abortion. Medical...

this article: Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 108–105 (text)...

A self-induced abortion (also called a self-managed abortion, or sometimes a self-induced miscarriage) is an abortion performed by the pregnant woman herself...

than a psychological condition". From 1868 to 1972, abortion law in Florida stated that abortion was illegal unless "necessary to preserve the life of...