Abortion in UAE
Abortion is illegal under most conditions throughout the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a member state.
Section 340 of the UAE Penal Code stipulates that "any person inducing a voluntary pregnancy termination in a pregnant woman by providing her with medicaments or by using instruments for this purpose is liable to up to five years' imprisonment." The penalty is seven years if the termination is without the woman's consent.
Medical termination of pregnancies (MTP) is allowed when it can be proved that the continuation of pregnancy would be detrimental to the life of the mother or the child. But it has to be done before the foetus is four months old. The procedure also requires the approval of a medical panel and the written consent of the woman's husband or guardian.
Under general criminal law, an abortion may be performed to save the life of the pregnant woman.
The combination of lack of contraceptive methods, the illegality of abortion, and the blame placed on women results in women either taking potentially dangerous drugs to self-induce or to engage in abortion migration, going to other countries such as India to obtain an abortion.
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 UAE - Dubai Abu Dhabi Sharjah Fujirah RAK Ajman Oman Muscat
Section 340 of the UAE Penal Code stipulates that "any person inducing a voluntary pregnancy termination in a pregnant woman by providing her with medicaments or by using instruments for this purpose is liable to up to five years' imprisonment." The penalty is seven years if the termination is without the woman's consent.
Medical termination of pregnancies (MTP) is allowed when it can be proved that the continuation of pregnancy would be detrimental to the life of the mother or the child. But it has to be done before the foetus is four months old. The procedure also requires the approval of a medical panel and the written consent of the woman's husband or guardian.
Under general criminal law, an abortion may be performed to save the life of the pregnant woman.
The combination of lack of contraceptive methods, the illegality of abortion, and the blame placed on women results in women either taking potentially dangerous drugs to self-induce or to engage in abortion migration, going to other countries such as India to obtain an abortion.
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 UAE - Dubai Abu Dhabi Sharjah Fujirah RAK Ajman Oman Muscat
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Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
Other countries where abortion is legally not allowed are Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo Brazzaville, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor Timor Timur, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Jamaica Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New, Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda,United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- 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.
Other countries where abortion is legally not allowed are Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo Brazzaville, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor Timor Timur, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Jamaica Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New, Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda,United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
