Restriction of abortion

About 82% of the counties in the USA had no abortion facilities in 1985. Few doctors are willing to perform the procedure due to rural tendency towards conservatism and the growing aggressiveness of anti-abortion protests.

1. In 1990, the French-developer of the pill RU468 which induces abortion, claims WHO approval and world markets are restricted by USA government opposition influenced by the anti-abortion lobby. Whilst the pill is available in France, with Scandinavia and the Netherlands next, negotiations have been neglected with other interested countries, particularly Russia and China.

1. Secrecy about pharmaceutical products
2. Marketing of banned pharmaceutical drugs
3. Inadequacy of contraceptive methods
4. Distortion of international trade by discriminatory formulation of health and sanitary regulations for agricultural and pharmaceutical products

1. Prohibitive cost of abortion
2. Illegal induced abortion
3. Forced motherhood

1. Restrictive practices in trade in pharmaceutical products
2. Religious opposition to birth control
3. Government opposition to population control

1. Induced abortion
2. Death threats to abortion clinics

1. Terminating pregnancies
2. Restricting abortion
3. Providing sufficient abortion facilities
4. Improving access to abortion
5. Abstaining from abortion facilities

1. Restriction
2. Lack
3. Abortion