Abortnye Commission, acting in the USSR

• Abortnye Commission, acting in the USSR

It is known that in pre-revolutionary Russia the family of simple workers and peasants were fairly large families. As they say, as God sends. Abortion was prohibited. But with the advent of the new government policy radically changed. In the USSR, there were "abortnye" commission, which decides whom to terminate the pregnancy, and who does not.

The Soviet slogan of the 1920s.

After the October revolution, the new government has been actively promoting loose morals, not aiming at the moral education of newly Komsomol, and the destruction of centuries-old Orthodox lifestyles period "damned tsarism." In the first half of the 1920s flourished clubs such as "Down with the shame!", "Down with the marriage!", "Down with the family!". Their members walked naked through the streets, became particularly popular slogan "Komsomolskaya shall refuse Komsomolets, otherwise it Philistine."

The picture about the dangers of abortion in midwife.

Of course, the unintended consequences of a disorderly sexual life is not long in coming. Pregnant women more often than usual. And t. To. The country has been actively began to build communism, women are preferable to be at their jobs, rather than coddle children.

a decree "On abortion" was published in 1920. It can be called the world's first to be formally permitted women to have abortions. Wanting to get rid of the unwanted child was so much that the country began to open private clinics paid. Soon the authorities realized that the situation is gradually getting out of control, and created a special commission abortnye. Quite interesting excerpt from an article in the newspaper "Red Flag" in 1927: "Of considerable public interest in the figures relating to the work abortnoy Commission. Of all cases of appeals to the Commission to allow abortion for 25-26g. observed 630. Of these, 77 declined under the influence of belief of members of the commission, 12 applicants were rejected for lack of motivation and permission for abortion have been given in 540 cases. received in hospitals 376 women "Since unsafe abortion.

According to these statistics, abortions are allowed to do is not all. Problems with these workers did not have factories. It was there often practiced promiscuity, and none of the women did not want to lose the job later.

Resolution on the free abortion primarily obtained unemployed single; many children engaged in manufacturing; many children working wife. Those who refused, could have an abortion charge.

Propaganda posters times of the USSR.

Gradually permissiveness time passed, and to replace the "uncool" 1920 came the "hard" 1930. And if earlier conversations about sex, there is no shame encouraged, then later, as the strengthening of the totalitarian regime, sex was regarded as something shameful, and the authorities' attitude towards abortion has turned 180 degrees.