Is abortion legal in China?
Legal on request
Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
China 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
- Mongolia
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Bhutan
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- North Korea
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- South Korea
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Macau
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Hong Kong
- Legal (broad reasons) Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
Other laws in China
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- Surrogacy
- Banned
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.