Julia Ioffe on why the Soviet Union legalized abortion before birth control.

Explains Soviet abortion legalization in historical context, linking ideology, governance, and welfare tradeoffs.

Podcast episodeabortion policyhealthcare provisionlegal reformreproductive rightssocial engineeringsoviet family policyJulia IoffeTyler Cowen

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