Comparison of grounds on which abortion is permitted in Africa
in 1994 and 1999
Graph: Legislative progress made
since 1994
Legend| no legislative changes | a more liberal law | a more restrictive law |
| Conditions | 1994 | 1999 |
| - Entirely prohibited | Central African Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, Mauritius, Sao Tome & Principe |
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| - To save the woman's life | Angola, Benin, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Dem. Rep. of Congo (ex-Zaïre), Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo |
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) | Sudan (a) | |
| - To save the woman's life or to preserve her physical health | Burkina Faso, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Malawi, Morocco, Uganda, Rwanda | |
| Cameroon (a) | ||
| Zimbabwe (a, b) | Zimbabwe (a, b) | |
| - To save the woman's life or to preserve her physical or mental health | Gambia, Guinea, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland | Algeria, Burundi, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea , Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Algeria (a) | Cameroon (a) | |
| Botswana (a, b), Ghana (a, b), Liberia (a, b), Namibia (a, b), Seychelles (a, b), South Africa (a,b) |
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) | Zambia (b) |
| Cape Verde(a, b) | ||
| - On request | Tunisia | Cape Verde, South Africa, Tunisia |
| (a) in case of rape or incest - (b) in case
of foetal impairment source : World Abortion policies : United Nations and Population division1994, 1999, 2001, 2002 |
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