The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal indicted and convicted ten Nazi leaders for “encouraging and compelling abortions,” an act which the Tribunal characterized as “a crime against humanity.” As with their other crimes against humanity, the Nazis protested that “we were just following orders.” Lieutenant General Richard Hildebrandt, the SS (Schutzstaffel) Chief of the RKFVD’s Race and Settlement Office in Berlin, stated that “Up to now nobody had the idea to see in this interruption of pregnancy a crime against humanity.”
— Nuremberg Military Tribunals,IV:1081-84. Nuremberg: NO-3512.
I should have posted this at the top. I’ve had it on my website for years. It really stands out in light of this news. I wonder if those involved know this piece of their own history?