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Yeah, I have heard several stories as well, same with Lenin and Hitler.
Why are laws from pre-statehood even valid to begin with? >

Probably a clause allowing laws prior to continue >

Perhaps the question is why haven’t they be revisited? >

Other stuff to worry about than old laws that no one enforced. Like how in PA it's illegal to sing in the bathtub >

I love the old laws that are now completely bonkers because the circumstances that called for them no longer exist.
In some places it is illegal to lie under a public walkway. They made those laws in the days of wooden sidewalks, where you could lie underneath and peek through gaps in the boards to look up ladies skirts. >


a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion

Isn’t it interesting how abortion can simultaneously be murder but also only be punished with 2-5 years in prison? If it’s murder it would clearly fit the definition of first degree murder, which would typically be a life sentence.
It’s almost like even pro-life people know it isn’t murder >

Losts of prolife would want life sentence for doctors, nurses and the women. It’s not the case yet but some states will try >

I mean, Authoritarianism 101 includes the educated, especially doctors and nurses, being labeled a threat to the regime.
It's literally in their playbook lol
Plus they are all religious nuts, so just for that they can piss off IMO >

Isn't this concidered the primary reason Stalin died? He had a stroke and a couple hours later Beria was called in to check on him, as the guards knew better than to disturb Stalin but also knew something was wrong. When Beria arrived Stalin was still alive but because Stalin had gone on a paranoid tirade and had most of the doctors in Moscow arrested and killed/sent to the gulag there were no doctors (or anyone willing to admit to being a doctor) left in the city. >

That wasn't quite what I learned, plus the circumstances of his death aren't exactly concrete (lots of theories floating around, holes in stories, etc). It's possible that was part of it, as I do remember the part about the guards being under orders/deciding not to disturb him. And the part about Russian leaders always treating doctors like shit (an understatement).