{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> '''Abortion in Bahrain''' is legal upon request, upon authorization by a panel of physicians.<ref name="UN">{{cite book |title=Abortion Policies: A Global Review |url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/ | chapter=Bahrain | chapter-url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/doc/bahrain1.doc |access-date=14 March 2017 |year=2002 |publisher=United Nations Population Division |format=DOC }}</ref> By the [[Criminal code|Penal Code]] of 1976, [[abortion]] is only illegal in [[Bahrain]] when it is [[Self-induced abortion|self-induced]] which subjects the [[pregnancy|pregnant]] woman to up to six months in prison, or when it is performed without the woman's consent, which merits up to ten years' imprisonment.<ref name="UN" />
The United Nations reported a rate of 11.1 abortions per 1000 women aged 15–44 {{as of|2002|lc=y}}.<ref name="un2013">{{Cite web | title = World Abortion Policies 2013 | publisher = United Nations | year = 2013 | url = https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/policy/world-abortion-policies-2013.shtml | access-date = 14 March 2017}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} {{Abortion in Asia}} {{Abortion}}
[[Category:Health in Bahrain]] [[Category:Abortion by country|Bahrain]] [[Category:Abortion in Asia|Bahrain]]
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