Is abortion legal in Australia?
Legal on request
Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
Australia is one of 76 countries classified “Legal on request” for abortion — 35% 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
- Timor-Leste
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Papua New Guinea
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Solomon Islands
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Indonesia
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Palau
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Vanuatu
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
Other laws in Australia
- Euthanasia
- Assisted dying only
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
- Surrogacy
- Altruistic only
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.