Russia Edges Closer to Abortion Ban in Quest to Preserve ‘Traditional Values’
Russia Edges Closer to Abortion Ban in Quest to Preserve ‘Traditional Values’
The Russian government could be moving closer toward outlawing abortion, experts and activists have told The Moscow Times, as its wartime stifling of freedoms spreads to sexual and reproductive health rights. While Russia has historically had a liberal abortion policy — with the exception of t...
While Russia has historically had a liberal abortion policy — with the exception of the Stalin-era ban — the conservative turn among the country's leadership, combined with a push from the Russian Orthodox Church, have put a target on the issue.
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I'm sure this has nothing to do with the number of fighting aged men they're losing at the front right now.
Country ran by dipshit(s) kills too much of their utilizable population.
Becomes suddenly very 'pro-life'.Why does that sound so familiar..?
I once tried eyeballing -- no serious statistical analysis -- national total fertility rates for a number of countries and then looking up when abortion became legal. I didn't see an obvious drop anywhere around legalization.
Legalized oral contraception did have a visible difference, though.
I'm not sure that re-banning abortion is actually gonna have much impact on fertility rates, though I'd be interested to see whether someone running an actual statistical analysis turns up anything.
A complicating factor might be enforcement level -- like, some countries might have had abortion be illegal at some point in time but also not enforced laws on it much. I did not attempt to account for that. Also might be a spillover effect from nearby countries with legalized abortion; people might just have traveled and gotten an abortion outside of their home region.