The U.S. and Australia are widely defined as "developed" nations, and this might lead one to categorize them under one umbrella. However, there are many differences, from the type of government of both countries, the locations and distribution of big and smaller cities in either country, the accents in either country (not an important issue but there none the less :-)), and of course, one of the bigger aspects of my paper, health care differences in either country. The United States is the only developed nation in the world that does not operate on a universal health care system. While some countries do offer the opportunity to have private insurance, others are soley based on goverment-funded care. As stated earlier, Australia offers a 75-85 % reimbursement on abortion clinic fees based on services; other countries universal health care policies offer similar rates. This greatly increases a woman's access to abortion, for even if she lives a distance from a clinic, she only has to worry about traveling there, as opposed to traveling and paying for the abortion, not to mention the other issues in the U.S. such as mandatory waiting periods, consent laws, and counseling laws.