Homosexuality and abortion appear at the first sight to be two quite different offenses. But in reality they have much in common, particularly in their effects. First of all, from the point of view of the criminal law, they differ from all other offenses in the Penal Code by the fact that there is no victim, at least not in the narrow sense of the term, who has any interest in prosecuting the breach of the law. With both homosexuality and abortion, everyone involved has an equal interest in maintaining secrecy.

Whereas the incidence of non-political crimes has undoubtably shown a considerable decline since the taking of power, this cannot be said for the offenses of homosexuality and abortion. There can be no doubt that of all the crimes and offenses those under paragraphs 175 and 218 are the most widely and frequently committed, but unfortunately also the ones which most effect the living marrow of a nation. This is why, more than any other criminal behavior which has attracted a more or less high punishment, homosexuality and abortion have been a fundamental problem of politics.

First then, on homosexuality...

Since, as we know, homosexuals are useless for normal sexual intercourse, homosexuality also has an effect on young blood and will inevitably lead to a drop in the birth-rate. The result is a general weakening of the nation's strength, of the kind that threatens not least a nation's military capacity....

Abortion is no less dangerous than homosexuality to the state. As a phenomenon of national life, abortion is not the aboration of just one period. Like homosexuality if has accompanied the life of nations since the earliest of times. [...]

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