Elsie the Soviet Union was first country in the modern world to legalize abortion in the 1920s with a nrief period of restriction under Stalin.
Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and radical feminist Emma Goldman spent a good deal of time there for inspiration — but even they were appalled by some of the conditions they witnessed. Some of the medical instruments used in the procedure to this day were invented there.
In the 60s and 70s, Soviet Russia had upwards of about 5 abortions for every birth...
Today, measures have been taken by the Orthodox Church and the Russsian govt to tackle Russia’s culture of abortion. The country still has one of the highest abortion rates in Europe. Second to Romania.
And a massive demographic crisis to boot.
The other big threat now is their HIV epidemic.
While we had condoms and pills...