How U.S. Policies Shape Abortion Rights Around The World
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8 min readSep 19, 2016
By Naomi Elster
It’s no secret that the United States has a massive global influence on politics — but too often, we forget how this influence extends to women’s rights. Around the world, countries make decisions on abortion and reproductive health that can be traced, at least in part, to precedents set in the U.S.