Ep 54. 'To Save The Mother's Life' Lie Still Destroying Jewish Children
This episode sheds light on a very sinister time in history when abortion was weaponized against Jews in ghettos in Nazi occupied territories.
Decree of 1942: Pregnancy in the ghetto is forbidden. Every pregnancy must be terminated. A pregnancy may be carried to full term only by women who are in the eighth or ninth month. Beginning in September, a total ban is placed on births. Women who are pregnant will be executed.
In Lithuania on this day in Jewish history, Jewish doctors in the Kovno ghetto were forced to abide by the decree. They were told that if they terminated the pregnancies, the…
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