3 of them are the US, China and North Korea.

In fact, only seven countries allow for elective abortions past the 24-week mark — and we’re one of them. So are North Korea and China, as Roberts points out. The Washington Post fact-checked a claim four years ago by the Trump administration that US policy on abortion is so extreme that it’s only matched by six other countries, and found that claim to be true:

This statistic seemed dubious at first, because it seemed extreme for just seven countries out of 198 to allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. But upon further digging, the data back up the claim. We should note that some of the seven countries allow abortions after 20 weeks, but ban it after 24 weeks. And other countries have no federal limits, but legislate at the state or provincial level, similar to the United States.

Further, what is telling that research from both sides of the reproductive rights debate confirm this figure. It’s not easy to boil down complex abortion laws in a cross-comparative manner like this, and there are some minor caveats associated with this talking point. Still, we did not find the caveats rise to the level of One Pinocchio.

We award the elusive Geppetto Checkmark when a factoid surprisingly turns out to be true, as in this case.
[Post edited by JMHoo at 12/01/2021 2:28PM]