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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>htutp://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>htutp://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. | ||
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| − | <br /><br />In [[China]], abortions are legal and are encouraged after a couples child is born. This because of Chinas one-child-only rule. Female babies are also often aborted, since male children are preferred in China. | + | <br /><br />In [[China]], abortions are legal and are encouraged after a couples child is born. This because of Chinas former [[One-child policy|one-child-only rule]]. Since 2013 Chinese parents can have two children. But still Female babies are also often aborted, since male children are preferred in China. |
<br /><br />[[Cuba]] is, apart from Guyana, the only country in Latin America, that allows abortion. | <br /><br />[[Cuba]] is, apart from Guyana, the only country in Latin America, that allows abortion. | ||
<br /><br />Generally one can say, that in communist countries abortion was the most common method of birth control.<ref>http://www.sponsoring.erstebank.at/report/stories/Issue02_07_Kueche+Kinder+Kommunismus+dt_en/de</ref> | <br /><br />Generally one can say, that in communist countries abortion was the most common method of birth control.<ref>http://www.sponsoring.erstebank.at/report/stories/Issue02_07_Kueche+Kinder+Kommunismus+dt_en/de</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:38, February 22, 2014
The Soviet Union was the first country to legalize abortion ever. This happened in 1920 and the abortions were free of charge.
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.[1][2]
In China, abortions are legal and are encouraged after a couples child is born. This because of Chinas former one-child-only rule. Since 2013 Chinese parents can have two children. But still Female babies are also often aborted, since male children are preferred in China.
Cuba is, apart from Guyana, the only country in Latin America, that allows abortion.
Generally one can say, that in communist countries abortion was the most common method of birth control.[3]
References
- ↑ htutp://www.aktuell.ru/russland/panorama/1_8_millionen_abtreibungen_in_russland_1889.html
- ↑ # Andrej A. Popov: The USSR. In: Abortion in the New Europe. A Comparative Handbook. Westport/London, 1994, pp. 267–297.
- ↑ http://www.sponsoring.erstebank.at/report/stories/Issue02_07_Kueche+Kinder+Kommunismus+dt_en/de