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Table 2 Abortion legality status of Pacific Island countries

From: How do Pacific Island countries add up on contraception, abortion and reproductive coercion? Guidance from the Guttmacher report on investing in sexual and reproductive health

Country Abortion legality category [11]
Prohibited altogether (no explicit legal exception) To save life of woman To save life of woman/preserve physical health To save life of woman/preserve physical health/mental health To save life of woman/preserve physical/mental health/ on socioeconomic grounds No restriction as to reason (with gestational and other requirements)
FSM ✓      
Fiji      ✓  
Kiribati   ✓     
Marshall Islands ✓      
Nauru     ✓   
Palau ✓      
Samoa     ✓   
Solomon Islands   ✓     
Tonga ✓      
Tuvalu   ✓     
Vanuatu    ✓    
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