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Grounds on which abortion is permitted in Africa in 1999
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| Conditions | Countries in 1999 |
| - Entirely prohibited | - |
| - 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, Swaziland,
Togo Sudan (a) |
| - 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,
Burundi, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea,
Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,
Tanzania Cameroon (a) Botswana (a, b), Burkina Faso (a, b), Ghana (a, b), Liberia (a, b), Namibia (a, b), Seychelles (a, b) |
| For the previous reasons + economic or social reasons | Zambia(b) |
| On request | Cape Verde, Tunisia, South Africa |
| (a)
in case of rape or incest - (b) in case of foetal impairment Source : World Abortion policies : United Nations and Population Division, 2001 et 2002 |
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