Legal status of abortion among six participating Latin American and Caribbean countries
Legal classification | Country |
Law prohibits all abortion | Dominican Republic, El Salvador |
Unlawful abortion is prohibited or where there are only penalties for unlawful abortion, with no additional information provided about lawful abortion | None |
Law allows or permits abortion only on one or more legal grounds | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru |
Law entitles a woman to abortion on request with no requirement for justification | None |