Abortion Laws Around the World

Reuters: FACTBOX: Abortion law around the world:

Britain will mark the 40th anniversary of the day the Abortion Act came into force on April 28, 1968.    

Studies by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organisation, published last October, show the number of abortions worldwide fell to less than 42 million in 2003 from 46 million in 1995.

The article gives an overview of abortion laws in some countries.