2014 Event The 2011 abortion rate reportedly is at its lowest in 30 years; the rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age was 19.4 per thousand in 2008, and 29.3 per thousand in 1981 2012 Event The Dutch non-profit organization's Women on Waves abortion rights activist ship, which provides abortions and related medical services to women from countries with restrictive abortion laws, was blocked from entering Morocco's port of Smir 1989 Event Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so 1989 Event Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions 1981 Event Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1973 Event Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
