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“There are 2,000,000 more women than men in Germany. The State must recognize the right of these surplus females to maternity. The only solution is to sanction by law extra-marital relations between the sexes.”
Thus, with what they considered irrefutable logic, argued the entire Communist contingent in the Reichstag Committee for revision of the Penal Code last week. Refusing to be convinced, the Committee voted after hot debate a resolution approving chastity for surplus females, denying that they have any “right” to maternity.
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