[riverdawg]

I agreed with everything you wrote until the last claim that Russians have a moral revulsion against abortions. Not true. Abortion was widespread throughout the Soviet era in Russia and continues to be very prevalent today. This has contributed to the infertility and demographic problem there.

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2012/12/20/russias-demographic-emergency/

[Ohioan]

I believe that Russia is turning back towards traditional Faith, and that the wide-spread acceptance of abortion as moral is declining. You can not expect all aspects of a 70+ year old regime to disappear completely, over-night.

Russians are at least looking back to their heritage for a renewed sense of purpose; even as we have reelected a man who has absolutely no real American roots; a man who sat in the pews for 20 years, while America was "damned!" A demagogue is seems intent on steering us in the direction from which Russia has been retreating!

William Flax

[Westbrook]

> I agreed with everything you wrote until the last claim
> that Russians have a moral revulsion against abortions.
> Not true.

I do know that in some Russian medical schools, physicians are required to perform an abortion in order to complete their studies.

I was repeating one Russian’s opinion. He is Russian Orthodox.

However, I maintain that American politicians as a whole have a lower moral standard than the average Russian street whore.