Grounds on which abortion is permitted in developing countries in 1999
Conditions Countries
- Entirely prohibited Chile, El Salvador
- To save the woman's life Angola, Benin, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan (a), Swaziland, Togo

Brazil(a), Mexico (a) Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Rep., Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Lao People's Dem., Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Yemen
- To save the woman's life or to preserve her physical health Zimbabwe (a, b)
- To save the woman's life or to preserve her physical or mental health Algeria, Botswana (a, b), Burkina Faso (a, b), Burundi, Cameroon (a), Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana (a, b), Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Liberia (a, b), Namibia (a, b), Seychelles (a, b)

Argentina (a), Bahamas, Bolivia (a), Costa Rica, Ecuador (a), Grenada, Jamaica, Panama (a), Peru, Saint Kits and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (a)

Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand (a),
Rep. of  Korea(a)
- For the previous reasons +  economic or social reasons Zambia (b)

Barbados, (a, b), Belize (b),
St Vincent and Grenadines (a, b)

India
- On request Cape Verde, Tunisia, South Africa

Cuba, Guyana

Cambodia,
China, Dem People's Rep. of Korea, Viet Nam
(a) in case of rape or incest - (b) in case of  foetal impairment

World Abortion policies 1999, United Nations and Population division