It has become one of the most vicious, important and divisive battlegrounds in the 2012 US presidential election. The abortion issue has polarized in the United States since it was legalized in 1973, but now the fight has risen to new heights.
In the past year, the United States has passed an unprecedented number of laws aimed at restricting abortion or reproductive rights.
But the fight goes far beyond medical procedures, with Republican politicians even attacking the Obama administration for making contraceptives more accessible.
The United States has witnessed more anti-abortion violence than any other country in the world. Since 1993, at least eight abortion providers, including four doctors, have been killed. Since 1977, there have been more than 200 arson and bombing incidents in reproductive health clinics.
Faultline examines the forces behind America’s so-called war on women. Why has medical procedure become a deeply divisive moral issue in America?
