Quiz: Abortion laws around the world

Across the world, women’s rights groups are forcing legislators to take up the legal status of abortions. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of when, where, and how access to abortions are changing globally.

In May, roughly 66 percent of citizens voted to repeal Ireland’s Eighth Amendment, which gave the fetus the same rights to life as that of a pregnant woman. The country’s leadership has promised to pass a new law allowing unrestricted access to abortions up to 12 weeks. Now pressure is mounting for Belfast to do the same – what is the current legal status of abortions in Northern Ireland?

Terminations are allowed up to 24 weeks in accordance with the UK’s 1967 Abortion Act
Like the Republic of Ireland before the referendum, Northern Ireland has a constitutional ban on abortions
Terminations are banned except in the case of the fetus being a serious threat to the woman’s health, under the UK Offences Against the Person Act
All abortions are banned, with no exceptions

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In June, Argentina’s lower house of Congress passed a bill to decriminalize abortion. Debate started on Tuesday in Argentina’s Senate, with a final vote scheduled for Aug. 8. If passed, what will the bill allow for?

Abortions only in the case of rape or risks to a woman’s health
Abortions only with parental permission
Abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy
Abortions up to 14 weeks of pregnancy

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Between 2000 and 2017, a total of 28 countries changed their abortion laws, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Nearly all of the countries have broadened the legal grounds for abortion, with one exception. Which country moved toward a more restrictive policy?

Nicaragua
Jamaica
Chile
Uruguay

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At the other end of the spectrum, of the 28 countries that changed their abortion laws between 2000 and 2017, which country went from outright prohibition to allowing abortions with no restrictions?

Australia
Japan
Mexico
Nepal

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In the United States, Roe v. Wade makes it unconstitutional for states to ban abortions outright. Four states have “trigger laws” in place that would automatically ban abortions if the decision were ever reversed. Which are the four states?

Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona
Hawaii, Alaska, Texas, California
Mississippi, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota
Wyoming, Mississippi, Indiana, Michigan

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