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This map shows Britain as having restrictions on abortion when, as mentioned in the abortion laws article, abortion is available on request, without any restrictions up to the 24th week.

Yes, but this is put through under the health of the mother provisions of the relevant abortion law on the basis that not having a pregnancy is always less risky than bringing a pregnancy to term. 46.226.188.227 (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Probably has something to do with Northern Ireland having restrictions.--86.158.253.209 (talk) 17:06, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Isle of Man (the circle in the middle of the British Isles) is currently coloured blue for "Legal on request", however, the Termination of Pregnancy Act 1995 specifies the situation as "Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, mental health, and/or fetal defects" which is coloured yellow. 46.226.188.227 (talk) 23:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion on request became allowed in 2019.[1] Heitordp (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This needs to be updated, abortion is illegal now in spain except in cases of rape of danger to woman's physical or mental health. 2A00:C440:20:1094:744C:694A:EF44:453E (talk) 19:48, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

These restrictions were only a proposal and did not become law.[2] Heitordp (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion is illegal in Honduras in every case. Being a native I was surprised it was color Orange. This argues my case. http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/21704-honduran-cardinal-warns-against-abortion-for-zika-fetuses https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/united-nations-highjacks-zika-virus-to-push-abortion-in-catholic-countries http://www.latribuna.hn/2016/02/02/se-podrian-aplicar-abortos-terapeuticos-por-bebes-con-hidrocefalia/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allan120102 (talk • contribs) 01:35, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

According to some sources Honduras allowed abortion in case of risk to life or health of the woman.[3] Due to the recent constitutional amendment I changed it to black.[4] Heitordp (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I know that Wikipedia is not a source, but shouldn't these two countries, according to enwiki articles, be updated to green? Belarus has a list of reasons which allow abortion, and in Turkey, if a woman is married, husband's consent is required.--Gelutheranger (talk) 05:55, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Indiana needs to be changed, abortion in now completely illegal following a recent law passed. Joshuareeder (talk) 00:04, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Joshuareeder: The law in Indiana has various exceptions so it would not make abortion completely illegal, and the law is set to take effect on 15 September 2022. The map should be updated after that, showing Indiana as brown or yellow.[5] Heitordp (talk) 21:29, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

free and safe legal abortion is allowed India upto 24 weeks. So please make the figure reflect that.

Currently the figure reflects that it's is only allowed

	"Risk to woman's life, to her health*, rape*, fetal impairment*, failure of contraception* or socioeconomic factors"

This is not true.

Here is the citation : 

https://reproductiverights.org/india-abortion-mtp-act-supreme-court/ 69.1.58.134 (talk) 05:50, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The law in India allows abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy if a doctor agrees that the pregnancy would cause injury to the woman's mental health, and up to 24 weeks of pregnancy for certain categories of women (specified in regulations to include married, divorced or widows but not unmarried) if two doctors agree that the pregnancy would cause injury to her mental health.[6][7] The law then says that injury to mental health includes anguish due to failure of contraception, and that "account may be taken of the pregnant woman's actual or reasonably foreseeable environment". This last phrase is identical to the law of the UK and other countries and is considered to mean allowing abortion for social reasons but not merely on request. The recent court ruling that you cited only had the effect of eliminating the distinction due to marital status, thus including unmarried women (or any women) in the second category that allows abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy with the approval of two doctors. But the doctors must still agree that the pregnancy causes injury to the woman's mental health. The court ruling did not change this criteria. So abortion in India should still be classified as allowed for social reasons, which are indeed very broad, but not merely on request. This situation is similar to the UK. Heitordp (talk) 09:45, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Puerto Rico is colored light blue, indicating abortion is legally unrestricted. However, they have a criminal law which prohibits elective abortions entirely. [8]https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_fac_abortion_pr.pdf Malcolmmwa (talk) 17:50, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Puerto Rico is colored green, not light blue. Green means that it allows abortion for social reasons. The law of Puerto Rico allows abortion explicitly only for risk to life or health, but the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico expanded the risk to health also to include mental health and social aspects. This is explained in the source that you cited. Heitordp (talk) 11:57, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake, I asked about the wrong map. I was intending to ask on the talk page for [9], which indicates that abortion is legally unrestricted. I also edited the page for abortion in Puerto Rico to reflect those changes, without contradicting these three articles which say otherwise. 192.34.130.239 (talk) 02:54, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]