Is abortion legal in Mexico?
Legal on request
Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
Mexico 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
- Guatemala
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Belize
- Legal (broad reasons) Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
- El Salvador
- Illegal Abortion is prohibited, with no explicit exceptions recorded.
- Honduras
- Illegal Abortion is prohibited, with no explicit exceptions recorded.
- United States
- Varies by region Abortion law varies dramatically by state since Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) — from available on request to near-total bans.
- Nicaragua
- Illegal Abortion is prohibited, with no explicit exceptions recorded.
Other laws in Mexico
- Euthanasia
- Passive only
- Surrogacy
- Varies by region
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.