Is abortion legal in Puerto Rico?
Legal (broad reasons)
Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
Puerto Rico 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
- British Virgin Islands
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Sint Maarten
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Anguilla
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
- Dominican Republic
- Illegal (with exceptions) Abortion is prohibited except to save the pregnant person's life.
- Montserrat
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
Other laws in Puerto Rico
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