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In the last 25 years, several countries have liberalized their abortion laws. The World Health Organization estimates there are about 50 million abortions around the world each year. Still, abortion continues to be a hotly debated issue in many countries, for reasons ranging from religious beliefs to governmental policies.
Click on a country name for a look at its abortion policies
Sources: Population Action International (Reproductive Risk, 1995); Alan Guttmacher Institute
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| Legal | Restricted | Illegal |
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Albania Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Bulgaria Canada China Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary India Italy Japan Netherlands North Korea Norway Romania Singapore Slovakia South Africa Sweden Taiwan Tunisia Turkey United States United Kingdom Vietnam Yugoslavia Zambia |
Algeria Argentina Bolivia Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi Burma Cambodia Cameroon Congo Costa Rica Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Hong Kong Iraq Israel Jamaica Jordan Liberia Malawi Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Portugal Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone Spain South Korea Sudan Switzerland Thailand Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe |
Afghanistan Angola Benin Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Cote d'Ivoire Dominican Republic Guatemala Haiti Honduras Indonesia Iran Ireland Kenya Laos Lebanon Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Paraguay Philippines Poland Senegal Somalia Sri Lanka Syria Tanzania Togo Venezuela Yemen Zaire |
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