Is abortion legal in Algeria?
Legal (limited)
Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
Algeria is one of 70 countries classified “Legal (limited)” for abortion — 32% of the 220 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Abortion law
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Tunisia
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Morocco
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Malta
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Libya
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Spain
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Andorra
- Illegal Abortion is prohibited, with no explicit exceptions recorded.
Other laws in Algeria
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