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ArticleFrontiers in reproductive health2026

Beyond decriminalization: exploring the legalization of abortion globally.

Sanhita Ambast, Hazal Atay, Antonella Lavelanet

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Article in Frontiers in reproductive health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sanhita AmbastUNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Hazal AtayUNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Antonella LavelanetUNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public health guidance and human rights standards recommend states to decriminalize abortion, and further recommend that they legalise abortion care to ensure that abortion seekers can access quality and human rights consistent care. This paper explores abortion decriminalization and legalization globally, including by clearly distinguishing between them to discuss the content, implications, and consequences of each. Furthermore, it uses data from the GAPD to identify trends and patterns in how countries have approached these regulatory questions, outlining four models of legalization identified through the texts of national laws and policies.

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abortionabortion decriminalizationhuman rightslegalizationreproductive health

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PMID41743607
PMCPMC12929519

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