Comparing 2 countries with different laws on abortion

I would like to compare the laws in the United States of America and the country I talked about in the last blog entry, Afghanistan. In the US, it is legal to have an abortion, but individual states can make state-by-state laws on abortion. Therefore, some states have regulations that even have penalties. For example, in Louisiana it is illegal to have an abortion, except in the case in which the mother's health would be in danger. If you break that law, you would go into prison for up to 10 years and a fine of a maximum of $100,000. Comparing these 2 countries, Afghanistan is strict with this issue, but allows it in a specific case, but the United States has an overall law of it being legal to have abortions except in some states. I think this is because of differences between religious beliefs. In the Islam, their beliefs are based on the Old Testament, which has a strict teaching (ten commandments). Compared to that, America is more free in religion, so it doesn't restrict such issues as much.


"Find Law." Louisiana abortion laws. Thomson Reuters business, 2012. Web. 8 Jul 2012. <http://law.findlaw.com/state-laws/abortion/louisiana/>.