Is abortion legal in Chad?
Legal (limited)
Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
Chad 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
- Central African Republic
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Cameroon
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Niger
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Nigeria
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Sudan
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- South Sudan
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
Other laws in Chad
- FGM Laws
- No specific ban
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.