Table 1

Legal status, legal indications and data source of abortion in high-income countries with abortion data, 2017

Country	Gestational age limit	Legal status type code (2017)*	Waiting period	Country recognised approval			Conscientious objection	Data source
Country	Gestational age limit	Legal status type code (2017)*	Waiting period	Misoprostol	Mifepristone	Year of mifepristone registration	Conscientious objection	Data source
Belgium	Through 14th week	On request	6 days, after counselling	Yes	Yes	1999	Allowed	Official statistics
Canada	Law does not indicate gestational age limit	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	2015	Varies by province	Official statistics
Czech Republic	Through 12th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	2013	Allowed unless life and health of mother is at risk, otherwise referral required	Official statistics
Denmark	Through 12th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1999	Allowed	Official statistics
Estonia	Through 12th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	2003	Allowed	Official statistics†
Finland	Through 12th week	Socioeconomic grounds	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1999	No explicit reference in law	Official statistics
France	Through 14th week	On request	7 days unless this takes the pregnancy beyond 12 weeks	Yes	Yes	1988	Allowed but referral required	Official statistics
Germany	Through 14th week	On request	3 days, after counselling	Yes	Yes	1999	Allowed unless life and health of mother is at risk	Official statistics
Great Britain	Through 12th week	Socioeconomic grounds	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1991	Allowed unless life, and physical or mental health of mother is at risk	Official statistics
Iceland	Through 12th week	Socioeconomic grounds	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1999	No explicit reference in law	Official statistics
Israel	Through 12th week	Mental health	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1999	Allowed	Official statistics
Italy	Through 90 days/3 months	On request	7 days after first visit	Yes	Yes	2009	Allowed	Official statistics
Japan	Through 12th week	Socioeconomic grounds	No waiting period	Yes	No	NA	No explicit reference in law	Official statistics†
Netherlands	No gestational age limit for previability abortion	On request	5 days after first visit	Yes	Yes	1999	Allowed	Official statistics
New Zealand	Through 12th week	Mental health	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	2001	Allowed and referral not required	Official statistics
Norway	Through 12th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	2000	Allowed	Official statistics
Portugal	Through 10th week	On request	3 days	Yes	Yes	2007	Allowed but referral required	Official statistics
Singapore	Through 24th week	On request	48 hours, after counselling unless termination is immediately necessary	Yes	Yes	NA	Allowed unless life and health of mother is at risk	Official statistics
Slovakia	Through 12th week	On request	48 hours after mandated information given	No	No	NA	Allowed unless life and health of mother is at risk	Official statistics†
Slovenia	Through 12th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	2013	Allowed unless life and health of mother is at risk	Official statistics†
Spain	Through 14th week	On request	3 days after counselling	Yes	Yes	1999	Allowed	Official statistics
Sweden	Through 18th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1992	No explicit reference in law	Official statistics
Switzerland	Through 12th week	On request	No waiting period	Yes	Yes	1999	No explicit reference in law	Official statistics
USA	No gestational age limit for previability abortion	On request	Varies by jurisdiction	Yes	Yes	2000	Varies by state	Survey

*Categories include On Request/Without Restriction to Reason; Socioeconomic Grounds (also to save the woman’s life and physical/mental health); To Preserve Mental Health; To Preserve Health; To Save the Woman’s Life; Prohibited Altogether.
†Official statistics obtained by questionnaire administered to country representatives.
Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights for legal status type code and gestational age-limit; Global Abortion Policies Database for waiting period, conscientious objection, and recognition of mifepristone and misoprostol; Gynuity for year of mifepristone registration.
NA, not available; TBD, to be determined.