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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>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> ]]‎

[[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>https://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.

The ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' declared concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] and [[sadism|sadist]] [[Marquis de Sade]]:

The ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' declared concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] and [[sadism|sadist]] [[Marquis de Sade]]:

{{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>https://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract</ref>}}  

There is a close historical connection between abortion and [[communism]]:<ref>https://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>