Is abortion legal in Israel?
Legal (broad reasons)
Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
Israel 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
- Palestine
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- 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.
- Cyprus
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Syria
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Egypt
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
Other laws in Israel
- Euthanasia
- Passive only
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- No specific ban
- Surrogacy
- Commercial legal
- Organ Donor Consent
- Opt-in (explicit consent)
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.