Is abortion legal in Iceland?
Legal on request
Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
Iceland 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
- Faroe Islands
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Greenland
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Ireland
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Isle of Man
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- United Kingdom
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Norway
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
Other laws in Iceland
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
- 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.