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According to [1], in 1973, Roe v. Wade said abortion is legal US-wide at 27/28 weeks and earlier, then in 1992, Planned Parenthood v. Casey said abortion is legal US-wide at 22/23/24 weeks and earlier. I'm not exactly sure whether the ages are inclusive or exclusive or how rounding/truncating works with the ages, which is why I made them fuzzy with the slashes.

According to [2], there are 203 countries listed. I'll look at "on request" abortions.

* North Korea is marked "unclear".

* 6 allow abortion at 23 weeks (24 weeks is also an identical list): China, Colombia, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, South Ossetia

* 2 additional allow abortion at 22 weeks: Iceland, Vietnam

* 191 ban abortion at 22 weeks.

* Australia ranges from completely prohibited to no limit, depending on region.

* Canada ranges from 12 weeks and 6 days to 24 weeks and 6 days depending on region.

* United states ranges from (ignoring the recent laws that prompted the ongoing cases) 20 weeks to no limit depending on region.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade#Planned_Parenthood...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law#Independent_count...

parent Buge 4 years ago

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