Abortion in Zimbabwe is available under limited circumstances. Zimbabwe's current abortion law, the Termination of Pregnancy Act, was enacted by Rhodesia's white minority government in 1977. The law permits abortion if the pregnancy endangers the life of the woman or threatens to permanently impair her physical health, if the child may be born with serious physical or mental defects, or if the fetus was conceived as a result of rape or incest.[1][2] Nevertheless, an estimated 70,000+ illegal abortions are performed in Zimbabwe each year.
- ^ ZIMBABWE: Abortion figures underscore need for more reproductive health education IRIN News, 30 March 2005
- ^ Mishra, Vinod; Gaigbe-Togbe, Victor; Ferre, Julia (2014). Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health around the World (PDF) (Report). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. ISBN 978-92-1-151521-3.