Some people who seek or obtain abortions can face prison time in more than 120 countries, a new global analysis shows.
— mandate prison time for providers of illegal abortions, according to FindLaw.com, an online legal database.
Some abortion providers can face up to five years in prison in 126 countries, and 10 years to life in prison in 14 countries. They can also be fined or face professional sanctions — including termination from employment or the closure of their practices — in dozens of countries. Other countries impose alternative penalties for certain abortion providers or seekers. Syria, Russia and Ukraine, for example, mandate various forms of labor as penalties. Four countries — Mali, Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco — prohibit residence following an abortion.of illegally providing abortion pills, sentencing her to eight months of community service, a type of penalty at least four other countries also impose.
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