Russia and America in the 21st Century. 2013-2021 ISSN 2070-5476 URL - http://rusus.jes.su All right reserved Issue 4 Volume . 2019 Issue 4 Volume - 2019 The Abortion Problem and the US Political Process Anna Fofanova Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS Russian Federation, Moscow Abstract The article is devoted to the US women’s health policy and practice of pregnancy termination. The author shows the history of the formation of the abortion system’s legal regulation in the United States, analyzes the main arguments of anti-abortion movement (Pro-Life movement), and abortion movement (Pro-Choice movement). It is emphasized that since 2017 in the USA there has been a sharp spike of interest in abortion issues and its legal regulation. This is largely due to the extreme anti-abortion policy of D.Trump, his misogynistic, according to some liberal American Mass- medias, rhetoric. Moreover, since 2017 many states have passed laws that restrict access to abortion. The abortion issue and the Hyde amendment, which blocks federal funds from being used to pay for abortion, in particular, has become one of the central topics of the Democratic party candidates during the presidential campaign 2019-2020. Keywords list (en): United States of America, healthcare, abortion, the Hyde Amendment, Democratic Party, D. Trump, 2020 presidential elections Date of publication: 20.12.2019 Acknowledgment: Статья подготовлена при поддержке программы фундаментальных исследований президиума РАН «Анализ и прогноз новых глобальных вызовов и возможностей для России» на 2018– 2020 гг. Проект «Политика США в сфере безопасности в современном мире и российско- американские отношения» Citation link: Fofanova A. The Abortion Problem and the US Political Process // Russia and America in the 21st Century. – 2019. – Issue 4 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://rusus.jes.su/s207054760008222-1-1/ (circulation date: 14.12.2021). DOI: 10.18254/S207054760008222-1