The [[Soviet Union]] was the first country to legalize [[abortion]] ever. This happened in 1920 and the abortions were free of charge. <br />After the [[Second World War]] the number of abortions surpassed the number of born children many times over. Statistically speaking every Soviet woman had several abortions.<ref>http://www.aktuell.ru/russland/panorama/1_8_millionen_abtreibungen_in_russland_1889.html</ref><ref># Andrej A. Popov: The USSR. In: Abortion in the New Europe. A Comparative Handbook. Westport/London, 1994, pp. 267–297. | The [[Soviet Union]] was the first country to legalize [[abortion]] ever. This happened in 1920 and the abortions were free of charge. <br />After the [[Second World War]] the number of abortions surpassed the number of born children many times over. Statistically speaking every Soviet woman had several abortions.<ref>http://www.aktuell.ru/russland/panorama/1_8_millionen_abtreibungen_in_russland_1889.html</ref><ref># Andrej A. Popov: The USSR. In: Abortion in the New Europe. A Comparative Handbook. Westport/London, 1994, pp. 267–297. |