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| − | | + | [[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Abortionist views can be similar to those of [[Adolf Hitler]]]] '''Adolf Hitler''' believed in the use of '''Abortion''' for the purposes of [[Eugenics]] and racial cleansing. [[Hitler]] believed in the forced "[[evolution]]" of humanity through the death of the handicapped, and all those who were not Aryan, most notably including Jews. He viewed non-Aryans as inferior. An arguably similar rationale is often used to justify [[abortion]] today—specifically, the killing of unborn children who suffer from physical and mental issues, a form of [[eugenics]]. |
| − | [[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Abortionist views can be similar to those of [[Adolf Hitler]]]] '''Adolf Hitler''' believed in the use of '''Abortion''' for the purposes of [[Eugenics]] and racial cleansing. [[Hitler]] believed in the forced "[[evolution]]" of humanity through the death of the handicapped, and all those who were not Aryan, most notably including Jews. He viewed non-Aryans as inferior. An arguably similar rationale is often used to justify [[abortion]] today--specifically, the killing of unborn children who suffer from physical and mental issues, a form of [[eugenics]]. | |
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| | In 1942 Adolf Hitler declared: | | In 1942 Adolf Hitler declared: |
| − | {{cquote|In view of the large families of the Slav native population, it could only suit us if girls and women there had as many abortions as possible. We are not interested in seeing the non-[[German]] population multiply…We must use every means to instill in the population the idea that it is harmful to have several children, the expenses that they cause and the dangerous effect on woman's health… It will be necessary to open special institutions for abortions and doctors must be able to help out there in case there is any question of this being a breach of their professional ethics. <ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07090708.html</ref>}} | + | {{cquote|In view of the large families of the Slav native population, it could only suit us if girls and women there had as many abortions as possible. We are not interested in seeing the non-[[German]] population multiply…We must use every means to instill in the population the idea that it is harmful to have several children, the expenses that they cause and the dangerous effect on woman's health… It will be necessary to open special institutions for abortions and doctors must be able to help out there in case there is any question of this being a breach of their professional ethics.<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07090708.html</ref>}} |
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| − | After [[World War II]], the War Crimes Tribunal indicted ten [[Nazi]] leaders for "encouraging and compelling abortion," which the tribunal considered a "crime against humanity."<ref>http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_25.asp#But%20didn%E2%80%99t%20Hitler%20oppose%20abortion?</ref><ref> Nuremberg Trial Proceedings [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/04-17-46.asp Volume 11, pp. 542-543.] Wednesday, 17 April 1946. Retrieved from the Avalon Project, April 23, 2010.</ref> | + | After [[World War II]], the War Crimes Tribunal indicted ten [[Nazi]] leaders for "encouraging and compelling abortion," which the tribunal considered a "crime against humanity."<ref>http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_25.asp#But%20didn%E2%80%99t%20Hitler%20oppose%20abortion?</ref><ref>Nuremberg Trial Proceedings [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/04-17-46.asp Volume 11, pp. 542-543.] Wednesday, 17 April 1946. Retrieved from the Avalon Project, April 23, 2010.</ref> |
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| | [[Creation Ministries International]] wrote: | | [[Creation Ministries International]] wrote: |
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| − | ==See Also== | + | ==See also== |
| | *[[Abortion and eugenics]] | | *[[Abortion and eugenics]] |
| | *[[Abortion holocaust]] | | *[[Abortion holocaust]] |