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Russia Edges Closer to Abortion Ban in Quest to Preserve ‘Traditional Values’ (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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While Russia has historically had a liberal abortion policy — with the exception of the Stalin-era ban — the conservative turn among the country's leadership, combined with a push from the Russian Orthodox Church, have put a target on the issue.

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[–] pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Funny how much in common Russia has with literally any Western conservative

[–] noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Both have to create conflict to keep the masses busy so that nobody has the time to actually think for two minutes and realize that neither has anything of substance to offer, only doing what they do to stay in power for as long as possible.

Old tricks from old books written about even older tricks.

[–] Ildar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And now read about workers wrights in Russia, and cry on the corner