Reproductive Rights Around the World

On Wednesday, the highest court in El Salvador denied an abortion to a woman with a pregnancy that is so high-risk that doctors say it could kill her. Beatriz, 22, is carrying a 26-week fetus with anencephaly, a birth defect that means part of the brain and skull are missing and that the baby will almost certainly die at birth. Beatriz?s doctors say the abortion is necessary for Beatriz?s health and perhaps to save her life. But by a vote of 4?1, the Salvadoran judges ruled that in light of the country?s absolute ban on abortion, ?the rights of the mother cannot be privileged over those? of the fetus.

El Salvador?s complete ban on abortions has become relatively rare worldwide, as the first map below shows. Keep scrolling and you will see enormous variation in how countries (and states in the U.S.) regulate abortion and birth control. Our main sources of data for these maps are the?United Nations, the?Guttmacher Institute, the?Population Reference Bureau, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and Harvard University's Center for Population and Development Studies.

The maps reflect continuing change: Uruguay recently legalized first-trimester abortions, and courts in Columbia, Brazil, and Argentina have begun to allow them in certain cases. Meanwhile in the United States, Republican-led statehouses have been tightening restrictions since the 2010 election. It?s the largest wave of legislation in the decades since Roe v. Wade.

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Abortion: Laws by country

Legal regardless of reason?

Spousal consent

Parental consent

Abortion: Exceptions by country

Rape

Incest

Life of mother

Physical health of mother

Mental health of mother

Fetal impairment

Socioeconomic

Others

Contraception: Birth control pill laws by country

Sale of the Pill

Pill sale location

Prescription required?

Pill subsidy

Pill advertising

Percentage of women on pill

Contraception: IUD laws by country

IUD legality

IUD installation

Percentage of women using IUD

Contraception: Condom laws by country

Condom subsidy

Condom advertising

Percentage of women using condoms

Abortion: Laws by state

Legality before Roe v. Wade

Trigger laws

Waiting period

Counseling requirement

Requirements for minors

Abortion providers

Contraception: Emergency contraception laws by state

State legality

Insurance

Hospitals and Plan B

Pharmacists and Plan B

Contraception: Laws by state about minors

Parental consent

Health exception

Marriage exception

Pregnancy exception

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/05/abortion_and_birth_control_a_global_map.html

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