ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Abortion under communism

Okay, so you know how some people say that when you grow up and become an adult, you can do whatever you want with your body and make your own choices? That's kind of like what happened under communism with abortion.

In some communist countries, they believed that it was important for people to have the freedom to control their own bodies and make their own choices, including the choice to have an abortion (which is when a woman ends a pregnancy before the baby is born).

So, the government in these countries made it legal for women to have abortions if they wanted to, and they also made it easier for women to access the medical care they needed to have a safe and healthy abortion.

But just like with any important decision, there were also people who disagreed with this and thought that the government should not be involved in such personal choices.

So, overall, in communist countries, the government allowed women to have abortions if they wanted to, but there were also debates and disagreements about whether this was the right thing for the government to do.