Abortion in Japan occupies a legally complex position: it is technically criminalized under Articles 212–216 of the Penal Code, yet widely practiced through broad exceptions carved out by the Maternal Health Protection Act (Botai Hogo Ho), most recently revised in 1996 The Act permits designated obstetrician-gynecologists to perform abortions up to 21 weeks and 6 days when continuation of pregnancy threatens the woman's physical health, causes significant economic hardship, or when pregnancy re...
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