All the countries in the world where abortion is illegal

As women worldwide face the greatest threat to our reproductive rights for 40 years, we look at the countries where abortion is already illegal

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As women worldwide face the greatest threat to our reproductive rights for 40 years, we look at the countries where abortion is already illegal

There are many countries where abortion is illegal. Donald Trump makes clear his intention to overturn Roe V. Wade - the landmark Supreme Court case that established access to abortion as a constitutional right for US women for over 40 years. If this happens, women in states such as Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, Indiana and South Carolina (amongst others) are under high risk of losing their reproductive altogether. For thousands of women worldwide - who currently have no rights over their own bodies when it comes to reproductive health - this has been a reality for far too long.

All the countries where abortion is illegal

Afghanistan Andorra Angola Antigua & Barbuda Bangladesh Bhutan Brazil Brunei Darussalam Central African Republic Chile Congo Cote D’Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador Gabon Guatemala Guinea-Bissau Haiti Honduras Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Kiribati Laos Lebanon Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mexico Micronesia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Oman Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Senegal Soloman Islands Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria Tanzania Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Venezula West Bank & Gaza Strip Yemen

World's Abortion Laws Map 2014
(Image credit: Center for Reproductive Rights)

All the countries where abortion is restricted

Algeria Argentina Bahamas Benin Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Chad Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Djibouti Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Grenada Guinea Israel Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Malasyia Maldives Mauritius Monaco Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Niger Northern Ireland Pakistan Peru Poland Qatar Republic of Korea Rwanda Saint Kittis & Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Saudi Arabia Seychelles Sierra Leone Swaziland Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Vanuatu Zimbabwe Barbados Belize Cyprus Fiji Finland Great Britain Hong Kong Iceland India Japan Saint Vincent & Grenadines Taiwan Zambia Finland Iceland

Canada U.S.A Greenland Russia Uruguay Guyana French Guiana Norway Sweden Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus Ukraine Moldova Romania Netherlands Germany Belgium France Switzerland Czech Republic Italy Lovak Republic

Luxemburg Austria Slovenia Croatia Bosnia Serbia Bulgaria Macedonia Hungary Turkey Armenia Georgia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Tajikstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia China Nepal Cambodia Vietnam Australia South Africa

*According to the Center for Reproductive Rights

Tracy Ramsden
Tracy Ramsden