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[[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg‎|thumb|300px|right|In 1942, [[Adolf Hitler]] declared: "In view of the large families of the [[Slavs|Slav]] native population, it could only suit us if girls and women there had as many abortions as possible."<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07090708.html</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> ]]‎

[[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg‎|thumb|300px|right|In 1942, [[Adolf Hitler]] declared: "In view of the large families of the [[Slavs|Slav]] native population, it could only suit us if girls and women there had as many abortions as possible."<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07090708.html</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> ]]‎

The '''history of abortion''' goes back thousands of years, and [[abortion]] has been opposed by ethical doctors for just as long.  The [[Oath of Hippocrates]], for example, expressly prohibits performing an abortion.

The '''history of abortion''' goes back thousands of years, and [[abortion]] has been opposed by ethical doctors for just as long.  The [[Oath of Hippocrates]], for example, expressly prohibits performing an abortion.

{{cquote|In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his La Philosophic dans le boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern times. It is suggested that it was largely due to de Sade's writing that induced abortion received the impetus which resulted in its subsequent spread in western society.<ref>http://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract</ref>}}  

{{cquote|In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his La Philosophic dans le boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern times. It is suggested that it was largely due to de Sade's writing that induced abortion received the impetus which resulted in its subsequent spread in western society.<ref>http://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract</ref>}}  

There is a close historical connection between abortion and [[communism]]:<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/nov/05112407.html</ref>

There is a close historical connection between abortion and [[communism]]:<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/nov/05112407.html</ref>

{{cquote|After being the first country to legalize abortion in 1920 under dictator [[Vladimir Lenin]], the former Soviet Union reversed its position in 1936, only to change its position again in 1955 ... for the whole Soviet Union and occupied countries such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. ... Recent statistics for former Soviet nations such as Romania reveal that more children are aborted than allowed to be born. ... In 1990 Romania saw more than three abortions recorded for each birth in 1990. ...  A 2000 report from the World Health Organization revealed that 'Russia and Central-Eastern Europe, with roughly 10 percent of the global population, accounts for up to a third of the 30 million to 40 million abortions registered annually around the world.'}}

{{cquote|After being the first country to legalize abortion in 1920 under dictator [[Vladimir Lenin]], the former Soviet Union reversed its position in 1936, only to change its position again in 1955 ... for the whole Soviet Union and occupied countries such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. ... Recent statistics for former Soviet nations such as Romania reveal that more children are aborted than allowed to be born. ... In 1990 Romania saw more than three abortions recorded for each birth in 1990. ...  A 2000 report from the World Health Organization revealed that 'Russia and Central-Eastern Europe, with roughly 10 percent of the global population, accounts for up to a third of the 30 million to 40 million abortions registered annually around the world.'}}