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The proposed law text is posted on the Vkontakte page of a church in Severodvinsk. Churches in Novodvinsk and Arkhangelsk are also collecting signatures aimed at the regional assembly to take action and adopt a new anti-abortion law.

It should not be allowed to propagate abortion, and it should not be allowed to assist with termination of pregnancy anywhere in the Arkhangelsk region, the proposed law text suggest.

In social media, the church has posted a banner of an unborn baby side-by-side with a young child dressed up in combat uniform:

"Protect me today, I can protect you tomorrow. Abortion is murder," the text reads.

Russia’s intensified campaigns against abortion follows Vladimir Putin’s decision to declare 2024 “the Year of the Family.”

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 hours ago

More blood to the blood god!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Orthodox Church at it. Again.

For context: unlike USSA, here in former USSR country banning abortions is VERY unpopular, I don't think any amount of yachts can achieve this. Their real goal seeme to be removal of abortion from goverment clinics.

Russia’s intensified campaigns against abortion follows Vladimir Putin’s decision to declare 2024 “the Year of the Family.”

Nah, they were doing long before.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Even in soviet Russia, women were allowed autonomy over their own bodies. Abortion wasn't banned.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

*except 1936(during Stalin)-1955(2 years after his death)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

So Soviet Russia wasn’t so bad when compared to this

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So who are they planning to invade next ~18 years from now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Kiril's ass by Pu. Or Pu's ass by Kiril. Frog, snake, who cares?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

Image: the actual equipment your son will get.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

From the womb to the cradle. From the cradle to the trench.

The russian life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

From the trench to being scattered across a ukrainian field.

But hey, at least their mother received some household appliance to remember them by.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

I don't get the intention there. The article says itself that meat grinder means the same thing in terms of soldiers as it does in English. How did they think this is anything else than an insult?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

And then it got worse.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Russians I've met don't want to improve the world, they want to drag everyone down to their level of misery.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Russians I've met were good, honest, creative and friendly people. That said, all the Russians I've met have left Russia.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The russians I've met also left Russia and now live in germany and watch russia state TV and vote AFD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

and vote

Hard to belive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That’s good to know even if anecdotal. Damn shame. My brother was born in Kostroma. I can’t imagine getting out, choosing to indoctrinate myself, and then voting for the party that hates Ausländers. Thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

My point is, give people a chance at beating the stereotype.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The ones I met were proud of hurting people at martial arts training in Thailand. Motherfucker, it's training!

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Will this campaign also provide complimentary meat grinders to mothers?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone who is or was a parent knows how much work it is to bring up even one human being to then throw away all this work for nothing, not very compelling. Rather would I spent my time at the beach.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In undeveloped countries, children are free workforce, and birth control is not abundantly available.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

They also tend to have more kids with the expectation that they may lose a few.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Is or was Russia a developed country?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

The western areas are, the eastern areas are not, in broad strokes.

They are only conscripting the undeveloped areas.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why would the picture on the right not be an adult? That seems lile much better optics and propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

That's the age where he's strong enough to physically lift a rifle. That's good enough for the state.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

The truth must have slipped through the cracks, they know that kids born today will be required on the front lines in about 5-8 years.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How low can a country sink lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

And then it got worse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

I think "gassing jews at industrial scale" is the deepest nadir known to political science.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I doubt a foetus can hold an AK74.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I remember a galerians ash where they gave fetuses mech suits. Man it was demented.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Conscriptowitsch bulletbait can also be useful without a weapon on the Frontline.