Is abortion legal in Iraq?
Illegal (with exceptions)
Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
Iraq is one of 49 countries classified “Illegal (with exceptions)” for abortion — 22% 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
- Kuwait
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Syria
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Armenia
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Jordan
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Lebanon
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Azerbaijan
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
Other laws in Iraq
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically 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.