Abortion Sovereignty: How Russia’s anti-abortion drive differs from the conservative shift in the West

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1. > Unlike several other countries where the new wave of anti-abortion policy signals a ‘conservative turn’, in Russia the campaign is predominantly statist and militaristic in nature. It does not appeal to religious arguments but to the rhetoric of ‘saving the nation’, safeguarding ‘sovereignty’ and preserving territorial integrity through increased birth rates.

   Trying to explain to everyone that killing babies is not okay using passages from the book of lies as justification: good, modern and conservative.

   Mandating not killing babies at the state level because you need people to have a country and an actual economy: oppressive, totalitarian, militaristic, intrusion into private lives of citizens.

   Okay, I get the narrative.

2. Different message, same bullshit: “Please bring more poor souls into this wretched world so we can use them as fodder for our imperialist capitalistic machine.” Kthxbai

3. I’m a bit surprised that tolerance for abortion was high before in russian society, from what I heard from Russian friends there is a lot of social pressure from friends and family to marry young and start a family especially if you are a woman.

   What is not surprising is that the state now wants to influence the attitude towards abortion.

4. Gotta wonder how long until they re-introduce the Soviet-era tax on childlessness if they’re becoming this desparate enough to look at abortion rates to try and move the needle on their birth rates.

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