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Early Evil: The Legalization of Abortion in Russia (1920)

Culture, Ethics, History / May 25, 2011 May 25, 2011

On November 20, 1920, the nascent Soviet government released what it termed a simple “public health announcement.” The statement, a missive intended as law, proclaimed a new, fully-funded program for women: legalized abortions, available free of charge at state-run hospitals. By keeping abortions high and the birth rate low, Soviet leaders and their sycophants hoped …

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Of Gods and Men

By Mark Coppenger, Church History, Culture, Current Events, History, World Religions / April 27, 2011 November 16, 2020

Though my own Baptist faith is not given to masses and monasteries, I loved Of Gods and Men, the story of French monks who ministered and died in the Algerian mountains. I think particularly of the scene where the old exhausted doctor, facing almost certain death at the hand of Islamic terrorists, pauses to press …

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