Abortion in Barbados is legal when performed to save the life of the woman, to preserve her physical or mental health, in cases of foetal impairment, when the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest, and for economic or social reasons.
[1][2] In 1983, Barbados passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, and abortion was made legal, other than upon request without a physician's oversight.
[1] In 1983, the Barbados parliament passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, decriminalizing abortion.
[3] Billie Miller, the first woman to serve as minister of health in Barbados, campaigned for seven years to encourage her colleagues to decriminalize medical care for women.
[3] Passage of this new law made Barbados the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to decriminalize abortion.