Abortion in the Central African Republic is prohibited by law unless the pregnancy is the result of rape.
[1] Prior to 2006, law in the Central African Republic explicitly outlawed abortion.
[2] Women with unwanted pregnancies in the Central African Republic do not have legal access to abortion.
They still seek reproductive health care, but Doctors Without Borders says that the women often resort to conditions that are not sterile or medically safe.
The group added that "one-third of maternal mortality iscaused by unsafe abortions (MMR: 882 deaths per 100,000 live births).