Abortion in Taiwan is generally accessible through the 24th week of pregnancy under various circumstances and legally available afterwards when deemed medically necessary. It was legalized by the Genetic Health Act (Chinese: 優生保健法), enacted in 1985 and last amended in 2009, which makes abortion accessible for unmarried adult women as well as married women whose husbands are legally considered incapable or have genetic conditions in their family, while married women with a legally competent spouse and minors/adult women placed under a custodianship need to obtain consent from their spouse and guardian respectively.