{{Short description|none}} '''Abortion in Fiji''' is legal in cases of [[rape]], [[incest]], [[Foetal impairment|fetal impairment]], to perserve a woman's physical health, mental health, or save her life.<ref name="PM">{{cite journal |last1=Cao |first1=Jenny |date=September 2025 |title=The state of abortion services in five Pacific Island countries: a legislative analysis and scoping review |journal=BMC Pregnancy Childbirth |volume=25 |issue=1 |article-number=970 |doi=10.1186/s12884-025-08005-0 |pmc=12487553 |pmid=41029199 |doi-access=free}}</ref> However, the law generally does not allow voluntary abortion as it is against religious beliefs, since [[Fiji]] is a stronghold of Christianity with other religious beliefs that prohibit abortion. Abortion in Fiji is a taboo; however, according to statistics, [[teenage pregnancy]] has become a prevalent issue and young mothers end up having abortions.<ref name=UN>{{cite book |title=Abortion Policies: Oman to Zimbabwe |date=2001 |publisher=United Nations Publications}}</ref> In Fiji, any approved abortion requires authorisation from a physician.<ref name="UN" />
==History== {{Expand section|date=April 2026}} In 2010, abortions to end [[Pregnancy|pregnancies]] that are a result of rape or incest became legally available to women.<ref name="fiji times">{{cite news|title=When abortion is legal|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=139080|access-date=29 November 2014|work=The Fiji Times Online|publisher=Fiji Times|date=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204212848/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=139080|archive-date=4 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} {{Abortion in Oceania}} {{Abortion}}
[[Category:Healthcare in Fiji]] [[Category:Abortion by country|Fiji]] [[Category:Abortion in Oceania|Fiji]]
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