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General Category => Health/Education => Life News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 06, 2018, 04:17:12 pm
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Officials Impose Short-Term Abortion Ban During Pro-Life Campaign
Hospitals in several Russian regions had imposed a de facto moratorium on abortions during an annual pro-life campaign run by the prime minister’s wife this summer.
Faced with the lowest birth rate in a decade, the Russian government seeks to reverse the demographic crisis with a $8.6 billion plan to encourage Russians to have more babies by offering mortgage subsidies and other social programs.
The short-term abortion ban took place in the Far Eastern regions of Primorye and Sakha, as well as Ryazan in central Russia, during the “Give Me Life†campaign run by Svetlana Medvedeva’s foundation, the Kommersant business daily reported Saturday.
Continued at: https://themoscowtimes.com/news/officials-impose-short-term-abortion-ban-during-pro-life-campaign-62447