Well, you should be concerned about it everywhere!
Apparently, after running on a 2000 platform of non-interference in world affairs, the US of A. now want to be the soldier, police officer, judge, law maker and moral leader of the universe. And their current thing (with the policing part going so well around the world..) was to prevent abortion rights from becoming universal.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-03-04T185349Z_01_N
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or
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3210,36-400008,0.html
It just drives me nuts that this is where their concern is when millions of born babies and children die each year (month?) due to WAR, hunger, malaria, AIDS, abuse and everything else that could be avoided if the little money spent on missile defence and tax break for the rich believers was better used.
How can you argue reasonnably with a stupid hypocrite?