Following the Constitutional Court's ruling in February 2021, Ecuador's National Assembly approved regulations allowing abortion in cases of rape. Termination of pregnancy is now allowed until the **** week of gestation in the case of women, and until the **** week for girls under the age of ** and women in rural areas. Prior to this change, abortion was only allowed when the mother's life was at risk or when it resulted from the rape of a woman with a mental disability.
According to a survey carried out in May 2021, one month after the Ecuador's high court decriminalized abortion in cases of rape, more than **** of Ecuadorians were in favor of allowing termination of pregnancy in case of rape.
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CEDATOS. (August 7, 2021). Opinion on the legal status of abortion in Ecuador in 2021 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1292625/ecuador-opinion-decriminalization-abortion/
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