Abortion policy

Column B: Conditions under which abortion is legal

• 0=Not legal under any circumstances
• 1=To save woman's life†
• 2=Restricted to preserve health / rape / foetal malformation*
• 3=Social and economic reasons
• 4=On demand
• 5=No data

Footnotes: 

† Laws either explicitly permit abortion to be performed when a pregnancy threatens a woman’s life or allow it under the general criminal law principle of necessity

*Countries in this category allow abortion based on at least one of the following four categories:  to preserve physical health, to preserve mental health, in case of rape or incest or foetal impairment

Data source:  United Nations,  World Abortion Policies 2013 (Data table)