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Legal abortion in the world: look at the countries where it is allowed

2022-01-25T13:45:46.840Z


Abortion laws vary drastically around the world: in some countries it is a personal decision, in others it is completely illegal, and in many countries abortions are only accepted in certain situations, such as fetal malformations or in cases of rape.


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(CNN Spanish) -- 

The Constitutional Court of Colombia could decide this week on a total decriminalization of abortion in this country by studying two demands in this regard.

If ruled in favor, Colombia would become one of the few countries in the Americas to completely decriminalize abortion.

In September 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice ruled that it is unconstitutional to criminalize abortion.

The decision comes days after a law came into force on the other side of the border, in Texas, which prohibits abortion after 6 weeks of gestation, putting the issue back in the center of the scene.

The United States is one of nearly 60 countries that provide legal access to safe abortions.

Although it has been legal since 1973, access to treatment depends on the laws determined by each state, and most states have established gestational limits that vary from 20 to 24 weeks.

abortion laws around the world

Abortion laws vary drastically around the world: in some countries it is a personal decision, in others it is completely illegal, and in many countries abortions are only accepted in certain situations, such as fetal malformations or in cases of rape.

  • Fully legal abortion in Colombia?

    The Constitutional Court will decide this week

The Center for Reproductive Rights, a non-profit organization in the United States, counts those countries in which abortion is legal, in which it is allowed only in certain circumstances and in which it is totally illegal.

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Some of the latest updates were those of Argentina, which in December 2020 approved the law that allows the voluntary interruption of pregnancy;

Ireland, which in May 2020 held a referendum in which to legalize abortion won a majority;

and Chile, which in 2019 allowed abortion in certain circumstances.

The situation in Latin America

On December 30, 2020, the Argentine Senate approved the bill that legalizes the voluntary interruption of pregnancy.

The country thus managed to legalize abortion after the law failed legislatively in 2018.

The law was enacted by President Alberto Fernández in January 2021 and


allows free and legal access to abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy.

Argentina thus joined Uruguay and Cuba as the only countries in Latin America that enable legal abortion at the request of any pregnant woman.

The Uruguayan law establishes the 12th week of gestation as the limit, as does the Cuban law.

In addition to the United States, on the mainland Canada, Guiana and French Guiana also have laws that allow free legal abortion.

Then other countries have a policy where they allow abortion in specific cases and conditions:

  • Bolivia: rape, incest, mental health;

  • Colombia: rape, incest or fetal alteration.

    (Currently two lawsuits are being studied for its total decriminalization)

  • Ecuador: rape;

  • Peru: rape, life risk for women.

In Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Dominica, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay and Venezuela, abortion is prohibited, but it is allowed to save the woman's life in case of risk.

Mexico is among those countries, but some states have added other causes to allow termination of pregnancy.

For example, in Mexico City it is enabled until 12 weeks of gestation.

And to these provisions are added the decision of the Justice this Tuesday.

Suriname, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Honduras are the only countries in the Americas where abortion is completely prohibited.

Editor's note:

This article was originally published in August 2018 and was updated in November 2021.

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Source: cnnespanol

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