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Historically all medical school graduates took the Oath of Hippocrates upon graduation, but due to pressure from [[liberal]] pro-abortion groups only one school uses the Oath in its original form, and only 8% of the schools include the ban on abortion in their revised Oath.<ref>http://www.imagerynet.com/hippo.ama.html</ref> | Historically all medical school graduates took the Oath of Hippocrates upon graduation, but due to pressure from [[liberal]] pro-abortion groups only one school uses the Oath in its original form, and only 8% of the schools include the ban on abortion in their revised Oath.<ref>http://www.imagerynet.com/hippo.ama.html</ref> | ||
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| + | There is a close historical connection between abortion and communism:<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/nov/05112407.html</ref> | ||
| + | {{cquote|After being the first country to legalize abortion in 1920 under dictator Vladmir Lenin, the former Soviet Union reversed its position in 1936, only to chage 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.'}} | ||
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In 1942, Adolf Hitler declared: "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."[1] 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."[2]
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.
Historically all medical school graduates took the Oath of Hippocrates upon graduation, but due to pressure from liberal pro-abortion groups only one school uses the Oath in its original form, and only 8% of the schools include the ban on abortion in their revised Oath.[3]
There is a close historical connection between abortion and communism:[4]
| “ | After being the first country to legalize abortion in 1920 under dictator Vladmir Lenin, the former Soviet Union reversed its position in 1936, only to chage 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.' | ” |
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References
- ↑ http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07090708.html
- ↑ 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?
- ↑ http://www.imagerynet.com/hippo.ama.html
- ↑ http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/nov/05112407.html