 Induced abortion in socialist Mongolia was allowed since 1940 to preserve the mother's health, officially recorded in the penal code on July 6, 1960.In 1986, the amendment authorized medical authorities to decide when to perform an abortion, and abortion was fully legalized in 1989.According to the French penal code, abortion in Kampuchea was prohibited, but the general criminal law principles of necessity allowed abortion to save mother's life.