The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap) on Saturday announced the procedures and controls for cases where abortion is permitted.
Abortion is permitted in five cases “under clear conditions and controls”, Mohap said.
A committee shall be established in each health authority to study abortion requests and the reasons cited for each.
All cases of abortion should be performed in an authorised facility by a licensed physician, it added.
The abortion should not result in any medical complications that pose a threat to the pregnant woman’s life, and the duration of pregnancy at the time of the abortion should not exceed 120 days, the ministry said in a statement.
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