WAbortion in Argentina has been legal up to the 14th week of pregnancy since 24 January 2021, after the corresponding bill was passed by the National Congress in December 2020. Once the 14th week has passed, abortion is legal only in cases of rape or if the mother's health is in danger. According to this law, any woman can request the procedure at any public or private health facility. Doctors are legally bound to either perform it or, if they are conscientious objectors, refer the patient to another physician or health facility. Only three other Latin American countries had previously legalised abortion on request: Cuba in 1965, Guyana in 1995 and Uruguay in 2012. According to polling in 2019 and 2020, only 27.5 to 30% of Argentinians support the legalization of abortion on request.
WAbortion in Bolivia is illegal, except in the cases of rape, incest, or to protect the woman's health. This policy forms part of the Penal Code laid down in 1973, and has been in force since then. Due to the difficulty of receiving abortions - even if the abortion does fall under one of the exceptions to the law, judicial permission needs to be secured, which can take a very long time - many pregnant women end up having unsafe, clandestine abortions instead. According to the Bolivian Ministry of Health, almost all of the 67,000 abortions performed in Bolivia in 2011 were clandestine, with approximately half of the women who received them needing hospital care afterwards. This practice has been linked to the high maternal mortality rates in the country.
WAbortion in Canada is legal until birth and funded in part by the Canada Health Act. While some non-legal barriers to access continue to exist, such as lacking equal access to providers, Canada is the only nation with absolutely no legal restrictions for an individual to obtain abortion. Medical regulations and accessibility vary between provinces.
WAbortion in France is legal on demand up to 12 weeks after conception. Abortions at later stages of pregnancy are allowed if two physicians certify that the abortion will be done to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; a risk to the life of the pregnant woman; or that the child will suffer from a particularly severe illness recognized as incurable. The abortion law was liberalized by the Veil Law in 1975.
WAbortion in Kenya is prohibited with the exception of certain circumstances including danger to the life and health of the expectant mother, and rape. Unsafe abortions are a major cause of deaths and health complications for women in Kenya.
WThe de jure legal status of abortion in Malta holds that the practice is illegal. Malta is the only country in the European Union to prohibit abortion entirely. Treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is allowed with a case-by-case decision.
WAbortion in South Korea was decriminalized, effective 2021, by a 2019 order of the Constitutional Court of Korea.