Is abortion legal in the Falkland Islands?
Legal (broad reasons)
Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
The Falkland Islands is one of 16 countries classified “Legal (broad reasons)” for abortion — 7% 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
- Argentina
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Chile
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Uruguay
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Paraguay
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Bolivia
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Brazil
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
Other laws in Falkland Islands
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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.