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In most European countries, women are legally allowed to have abortions on demand, with Malta being the only EU country to have a total ban on the procedure.
In Poland, however, the Constitutional Tribunal abolished the right of women to terminate pregnancies in 2020, ruling that women can have abortions only in cases of rape, incest or if their lives are in danger.
The abortion debate was brought back into the spotlight this week after a report that the US Supreme Court planned to overturn Rowe’s remarkable ruling against Wade, which legalized abortion across the country in 1973, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Judge Samuel. Alito and received from POLITICO.
Here is a breakdown of abortion rights – and attitudes towards them – in Europe and around the world:
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