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The conservative Dutch have the lowest abortion rate of any West Eur. Nation. In the NL., 75% of the legally restricted but officially tolerated procedures are performed on foreigners.

In the Soviet Union, where contraceptives are both unpopular and hard to obtain, the average woman has six abortions in her lifetime. In Kenya, where a man’s wealth is often measured by the number of his children, the average woman bears eight children. In Mexico City, where herbal abortifacients are…

The Burning of Bodies

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Cremating is illegal in The Netherlands, but it has been tolerated for years in the country’s only crematorium at Velsen. The Dutch Parliament accepted a bill legalizing cremation.

Technically, “the burning of bodies” is illegal in The Netherlands, but in practice it has been tolerated for years in the country’s only crematorium, owned by the Association for Voluntary Cremation, at Velsen, near Amsterdam. Last week the Dutch Parliament debated a government bill legalizing cremation, with these qualifications: 1)…

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