Countries that slammed leaked abortion decision have more restrictions than US

While a number of world leaders lined up to criticize a leaked draft opinion that suggests the Supreme Court is considering overturning a landmark case that legalized abortion, some represent countries that have even more restrictions on abortion than those at issue in the arguments before the court.

The United States is an outlier in the permissibility of its abortion laws in some states.

Few countries allow abortion as late into pregnancy as the U.S. does, and many countries require a woman to produce a reason, such as financial hardship or mental distress, to obtain the procedure past the earliest weeks of gestation.

Besides the U.S., just six other countries permit on-demand abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy: Canada, China, Netherlands, North Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam.