Abortion in Qatar

Abortion is punishable by jail and deportation. If a woman's health is at risk, she can be checked by three independent doctors that can certify that she can be given an abortion.

Qatar laws are strict about abortion and abortion is an absolute no no in qatar.

However for social reasons, women travel to Mumbai for abortion related services.

The Family Hospital provides safe and legal abortion procedure which includes first and second trimester abortion including medical abortion in case the pregnancy is less than 49 days from the first day of the last menstrual period.

Jetairways and Qatar airways fly from Doha to Mumbai non stop and Gulfair, Kingfisher, Air Arabia, Kuwait, Etihad, Air India flies with a stopover to Mumbai.

Abortion in Qatar

Information about Women health and abortion related activities

Fly from Doha to Mumbai for abortion

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Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

• Live births.
• Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
• Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
• Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
• Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
• Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
• Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
• Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
• Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
• Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women of childbearing age.