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To: Trumpinator

Sorry if I’m throwing a spanner in your post. But abortion issues & history in Russia are not exactly the same as in the USA, and not necessarily connected to religion.

Throughout Russian more recent history, discouraging abortion has had more to do with population (control), especially decline in the last decade, and then attempts to mitigate population decline with increased financial support for young children in Russia and eventually leading to restricted access to abortion.

Now if that means they can be more selective and perhaps more restrained in their personal conduct, then that can be morally and religiously beneficial too.


2 posted on 04/30/2016 1:40:51 AM PDT by odds
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To: odds

Broadly speaking in reference to society and some in the government, your points are valid. But the Russian Orthodox Church’s opposition to abortion is purely moral and religious. The Orthodox Church worldwide is, and has always been, firmly pro-life.


4 posted on 04/30/2016 5:54:22 AM PDT by NRx (It's sad when there is no one running for President that I can vote for with a clear conscience.)
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