One of the very first laws passed by the Bolsheviks after their seizure of power in Russia was the legalisation of abortion. Since then, an estimated 291 million unborn babies have been murdered in Russia, making the death toll more than ten times the number of Russian lives lost in the devastating Second World War.
While the number of abortions in Russia is now much lower than it was in Communist times, abortion is still legal and widely used in the country. The Putin government has tried various things to reduce the number further, but has fought shy of an outright ban.
Among those stepping into the breach to try to save the Unborn is Natalia Moskvitina, president of Women for Life. Her organisation, which has saved more than 9,000 babies from abortion, is working hard to create a culture of life in Russia.
“From the very beginning, we simply took each pregnant woman and offered her a psychologist, a doctor for a second opinion, a lawyer, financial assistance, cribs, strollers, basically everything you might need when you find out you’re pregnant,” she says.
“But we realized that it was like fighting windmills. You endlessly look for these strollers and cribs, (and) search for money so that a woman isn’t afraid to be left alone with a baby in her arms,” she added. “But ultimately, laws need to be passed and the medical community needs to be retrained, and we started to focus on that closely.”
Speaking of the abortion mania which swept the world in the last century, she has this to say
“As this (pro-abortion) plague began to spread throughout the world, the mentality of society as a whole has changed. And the great misfortune is that it has especially affected women,” she said. “A woman began to equate the right to an abortion with the right to freedom itself. In other words, if you can’t terminate a pregnancy, it’s as if you’re in slavery.”
“But what was forgotten is that abortion itself is slavery, especially for women, because the psychology of accepting evil changes a woman entirely at her core. And women have become embittered,” she added. “(And) not just women, but society as a whole, and not only Russian society, but the world at large.”
“We are seeking comfort, seeking pleasure, we are mired in hedonism; we are not Christ-centered. And this is a big problem, because we have forgotten that a child, a family … is the clearest marker of happiness.”