National Report >> Mauritius, Review Documentation, 17

The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act 2012 which came into force on 15 October 2012 provides that termination of pregnancies would be allowed in specified circumstances, namely where (a) the continued pregnancy will endanger the pregnant person's life, (b) the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant person, (c) there is a substantial risk that the continued pregnancy will result in a severe malformation, or severe physical or mental abnormality, of the foetus, as assessed by the appropriate specialists or (d) the pregnancy has not exceeded its fourteenth week and results from a case of rape, sexual intercourse with a female under the age of 16 or sexual intercourse with a specified person which has been reported to the police or a medical practitioner. Amendments have further been brought to the Medical Council Act to stipulate inter-alia, that a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology registered as such may provide treatment to terminate a pregnancy in a prescribed institution. [Para 15]