Latest items for Russia
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Shamardina believes the free testing is an excellent service for women interested in family planning. But she notes that some of the reaction on Russian social media was negative, as women started receiving unsolicited invites from Moscow health authorities for testing. In response to an article published on the social media platform Telegram, one woman posted that the initiative made her feel like a surrogate for the state, while another compared the plan to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, where women are forced to produce offspring for the political elite" (par. 23-24).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Shamardina believes the free testing is an excellent service for women interested in family planning. But she notes that some of the reaction on Russian social media was negative, as women started receiving unsolicited invites from Moscow health authorities for testing. In response to an article published on the social media platform Telegram, one woman posted that the initiative made her feel like a surrogate for the state, while another compared the plan to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, where women are forced to produce offspring for the political elite" (par. 23-24).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GIC-LAW-2
"In some regions, full-time students who become new mothers will receive financial compensation, while in Moscow, the health authority is expanding free access to fertility testing and treatments" (par. 6). "To help with that, the Russian regions of Karelia and Chelyabinsk are rolling out programs where women under the age of 25 who are full-time students can receive a lump-sum payment if they become new mothers. In Russia's Karelia region, which borders Finland, students who have a baby can receive the equivalent of $1,500 Cdn. In Chelyabinsk, a region in Russia's Ural mountains, the payout is nearly $15,000 Cdn, and it can be spent on housing, education or medical services"...more
Variables: GIC-LAW-2
"In some regions, full-time students who become new mothers will receive financial compensation, while in Moscow, the health authority is expanding free access to fertility testing and treatments" (par. 6). "To help with that, the Russian regions of Karelia and Chelyabinsk are rolling out programs where women under the age of 25 who are full-time students can receive a lump-sum payment if they become new mothers. In Russia's Karelia region, which borders Finland, students who have a baby can receive the equivalent of $1,500 Cdn. In Chelyabinsk, a region in Russia's Ural mountains, the payout is nearly $15,000 Cdn, and it can be spent on housing, education or medical services"...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"His comments are the latest in a public push by government officials to try and reverse Russia's sinking birth rate by appealing to a sense of patriotic duty and promising financial incentives to sway prospective parents" (par. 3). "Russia's strategy to grow families is part of Putin's broader push toward more traditional conservative values. In an effort to reach the younger generation, a new course is being rolled out for students in grades 5 to 9. A course published online in August stated the goal was to instill positive attitudes toward large families. It's part of a state narrative that encourages women to become moms for the motherland" (par. 7-8)....more
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"His comments are the latest in a public push by government officials to try and reverse Russia's sinking birth rate by appealing to a sense of patriotic duty and promising financial incentives to sway prospective parents" (par. 3). "Russia's strategy to grow families is part of Putin's broader push toward more traditional conservative values. In an effort to reach the younger generation, a new course is being rolled out for students in grades 5 to 9. A course published online in August stated the goal was to instill positive attitudes toward large families. It's part of a state narrative that encourages women to become moms for the motherland" (par. 7-8)....more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"Women 'believe having children should be only their decision,' she [Lada Shamardina, a Russian journalist for the independent medical publication Medivestnik] said" (par. 11). "Putin has said Russia's ethnic survival depends on women having at least two children. But he has made it clear during more than two decades in power that he would prefer to see much larger families. The country honours families of 'parental glory' who raise seven or more children" (par. 30-32). "In 2022, Putin reinstated a Soviet-era honour award called Mother Heroine, which recognizes and honours women with 10 or more children" (par. 36).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"Women 'believe having children should be only their decision,' she [Lada Shamardina, a Russian journalist for the independent medical publication Medivestnik] said" (par. 11). "Putin has said Russia's ethnic survival depends on women having at least two children. But he has made it clear during more than two decades in power that he would prefer to see much larger families. The country honours families of 'parental glory' who raise seven or more children" (par. 30-32). "In 2022, Putin reinstated a Soviet-era honour award called Mother Heroine, which recognizes and honours women with 10 or more children" (par. 36).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Russia's fertility rate — which measures the average number of children born to a woman over a lifetime — stands at approximately 1.4, less than what is considered the rate for population replacement, which is 2.1" (par. 4). "According to data published by Rosstat, the country's statistics agency, 599,600 children were born in Russia in the first half of 2024 — 16,000 fewer than in the same period in 2023 and the lowest since 1999" (par. 13). "While Russia's fertility rate remains higher than many Western countries, including Canada (which stands at 1.33), Putin has said Russia's ethnic survival depends on women having at least two children" (par. 30).more
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Russia's fertility rate — which measures the average number of children born to a woman over a lifetime — stands at approximately 1.4, less than what is considered the rate for population replacement, which is 2.1" (par. 4). "According to data published by Rosstat, the country's statistics agency, 599,600 children were born in Russia in the first half of 2024 — 16,000 fewer than in the same period in 2023 and the lowest since 1999" (par. 13). "While Russia's fertility rate remains higher than many Western countries, including Canada (which stands at 1.33), Putin has said Russia's ethnic survival depends on women having at least two children" (par. 30).more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1
"While addressing a crowd at the Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed government policy geared toward helping women achieve the ultimate balance — professional success while being the linchpin 'of a large, large family.' He went on to joke that Russian women can manage it easily, and still remain 'beautiful, gentle and charming'" (par. 1-2). "Russia's strategy to grow families is part of Putin's broader push toward more traditional conservative values. In an effort to reach the younger generation, a new course is being rolled out for students in grades 5 to 9. A course published online in August stated the goal was...more
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1
"While addressing a crowd at the Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed government policy geared toward helping women achieve the ultimate balance — professional success while being the linchpin 'of a large, large family.' He went on to joke that Russian women can manage it easily, and still remain 'beautiful, gentle and charming'" (par. 1-2). "Russia's strategy to grow families is part of Putin's broader push toward more traditional conservative values. In an effort to reach the younger generation, a new course is being rolled out for students in grades 5 to 9. A course published online in August stated the goal was...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"She [Lada Shamardina, a Russian journalist for the independent medical publication Medivestnik] continues to cover Russia's attempts to prompt a baby boom, which in addition to incentives includes curbing access to abortions" (par. 12).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"She [Lada Shamardina, a Russian journalist for the independent medical publication Medivestnik] continues to cover Russia's attempts to prompt a baby boom, which in addition to incentives includes curbing access to abortions" (par. 12).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, promoting 'traditional values' and seeking to boost population growth. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has condemned women for prioritizing education and career over childbearing" (para 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, promoting 'traditional values' and seeking to boost population growth. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has condemned women for prioritizing education and career over childbearing" (para 10).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Right now, there is no room for political action in Russia. The only place left is our kitchens,' Yakovleva, co-founder of the Feminitive Community women’s group, told The Associated Press" (para 3). "Natalya Moskvitina, founder of Women For Life, which aids women who decide against abortion, said she helped develop the instructions and is introducing similar scripts for doctors in several regions" (para 31).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Right now, there is no room for political action in Russia. The only place left is our kitchens,' Yakovleva, co-founder of the Feminitive Community women’s group, told The Associated Press" (para 3). "Natalya Moskvitina, founder of Women For Life, which aids women who decide against abortion, said she helped develop the instructions and is introducing similar scripts for doctors in several regions" (para 31).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"[N]ew regulations soon will make many emergency contraceptives virtually unavailable and drive up the cost of others" (para 5). "In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling" (para 8-9). "A recent Health Ministry decree restricted circulation of abortion pills, used to terminate pregnancies in the first trimester. The decree puts mifepristone and misoprostol, used in the pills, on a registry of controlled substances requiring strict record-keeping and storage. For hospitals and clinics, where the pills are usually dispensed, the...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"[N]ew regulations soon will make many emergency contraceptives virtually unavailable and drive up the cost of others" (para 5). "In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling" (para 8-9). "A recent Health Ministry decree restricted circulation of abortion pills, used to terminate pregnancies in the first trimester. The decree puts mifepristone and misoprostol, used in the pills, on a registry of controlled substances requiring strict record-keeping and storage. For hospitals and clinics, where the pills are usually dispensed, the...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DACH-DATA-2
"Sales of contraceptive medications also have been rising in 2022-23, he said" (para. 16). "Sales of emergency contraceptives soared 71% through August 2023, over the same period last year, according to Bespalov" (para 23).
Variables: DACH-DATA-2
"Sales of contraceptive medications also have been rising in 2022-23, he said" (para. 16). "Sales of emergency contraceptives soared 71% through August 2023, over the same period last year, according to Bespalov" (para 23).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, promoting 'traditional values' and seeking to boost population growth. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has condemned women for prioritizing education and career over childbearing" (para 10). "Anastasia, a Muscovite who sought an abortion in 2020, said it 'wasn’t very pleasant' when a doctor urged her to change her mind. 'I simply don’t want any children,' she told AP, asking that her last name not be used for fear of reprisals" (para 36-37).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, promoting 'traditional values' and seeking to boost population growth. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has condemned women for prioritizing education and career over childbearing" (para 10). "Anastasia, a Muscovite who sought an abortion in 2020, said it 'wasn’t very pleasant' when a doctor urged her to change her mind. 'I simply don’t want any children,' she told AP, asking that her last name not be used for fear of reprisals" (para 36-37).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Dasha Yakovleva, one of the organizers, amid recent crackdowns on political activism under President Vladimir Putin. 'Right now, there is no room for political action in Russia. The only place left is our kitchens,' Yakovleva, co-founder of the Feminitive Community women’s group, told The Associated Press. 'And here, it was a public place, well-known in Kaliningrad, and everyone spoke out openly about how they see this measure, why they think...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Dasha Yakovleva, one of the organizers, amid recent crackdowns on political activism under President Vladimir Putin. 'Right now, there is no room for political action in Russia. The only place left is our kitchens,' Yakovleva, co-founder of the Feminitive Community women’s group, told The Associated Press. 'And here, it was a public place, well-known in Kaliningrad, and everyone spoke out openly about how they see this measure, why they think...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Although abortion is still legal and widely available in Russia, recent attempts to restrict it have touched a nerve across the increasingly conservative country" (para. 4). "In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling. At the same time, laws allowed women to terminate a pregnancy up until 12 weeks without any conditions; and until 22 weeks for many 'social reasons,' like divorce, unemployment or income. That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Although abortion is still legal and widely available in Russia, recent attempts to restrict it have touched a nerve across the increasingly conservative country" (para. 4). "In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling. At the same time, laws allowed women to terminate a pregnancy up until 12 weeks without any conditions; and until 22 weeks for many 'social reasons,' like divorce, unemployment or income. That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling" (para 8-9). "Over the decades, the number of abortions in Russia fell from 4.1 million in 1990 to 517,000 in 2021" (para 11). "The anti-abortion push comes as Russian women appear to be in no rush to have more children amid the war in Ukraine and economic uncertainty. Sales of abortion pills in 2022 were up 60%, according to Nikolay Bespalov, development director of the RNC Pharma analytical company. They fell...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling" (para 8-9). "Over the decades, the number of abortions in Russia fell from 4.1 million in 1990 to 517,000 in 2021" (para 11). "The anti-abortion push comes as Russian women appear to be in no rush to have more children amid the war in Ukraine and economic uncertainty. Sales of abortion pills in 2022 were up 60%, according to Nikolay Bespalov, development director of the RNC Pharma analytical company. They fell...more
Jan. 22, 2025, 9:21 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3, WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The new law on 'child-free propaganda' is vague enough that some Russians are already worried about a broad interpretation. According to the independent publication Novaya Gazeta, an online community called Maternal Bliss with 'nearly 150,000 subscribers where mothers anonymously spoke about the challenges of motherhood removed all its posts to avoid being charged under the new law"' (para 3).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3, WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The new law on 'child-free propaganda' is vague enough that some Russians are already worried about a broad interpretation. According to the independent publication Novaya Gazeta, an online community called Maternal Bliss with 'nearly 150,000 subscribers where mothers anonymously spoke about the challenges of motherhood removed all its posts to avoid being charged under the new law"' (para 3).
Jan. 22, 2025, 9:21 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"President Vladimir Putin of Russia recently signed a bill into law that will fine anyone who is promoting 'child-free propaganda.' Meant both to shore up 'traditional values' and to increase Russia’s tanking birthrate, it stipulates that any individual found to be disseminating such 'propaganda' may be subject to fines of up to about $4,000; considering the average monthly Russian salary as of 2023 was around $800, that’s a frightening potential penalty. Companies could be fined up to about $50,000" (para 1). "Perhaps if it wants to raise the birthrate, the Russian government would be better off fixing its economy and the out-of-control inflation rate than it would be surveilling speech....more
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"President Vladimir Putin of Russia recently signed a bill into law that will fine anyone who is promoting 'child-free propaganda.' Meant both to shore up 'traditional values' and to increase Russia’s tanking birthrate, it stipulates that any individual found to be disseminating such 'propaganda' may be subject to fines of up to about $4,000; considering the average monthly Russian salary as of 2023 was around $800, that’s a frightening potential penalty. Companies could be fined up to about $50,000" (para 1). "Perhaps if it wants to raise the birthrate, the Russian government would be better off fixing its economy and the out-of-control inflation rate than it would be surveilling speech....more
Jan. 22, 2025, 9:21 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"When Reuters asked Russian women about whether they thought 'child-free propaganda' was the reason for the declining birthrate in their country, they were 'skeptical,' and all cited the poor material conditions they were living in as the reason people were having fewer children. 'People want children, but there’s no money,' a woman named Alina Rzhanova told Reuters. 'That’s why people are not having children. Not because someone somewhere wrote something'" (para 12).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"When Reuters asked Russian women about whether they thought 'child-free propaganda' was the reason for the declining birthrate in their country, they were 'skeptical,' and all cited the poor material conditions they were living in as the reason people were having fewer children. 'People want children, but there’s no money,' a woman named Alina Rzhanova told Reuters. 'That’s why people are not having children. Not because someone somewhere wrote something'" (para 12).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Belarus, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kuwait, Libya, Montenegro, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Syria, Turkmenistan
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
10
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
10
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"It has been more than six months since the Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and the theater director Zhenya Berkovich were arrested and jailed for their work on 'Finist, the Bright Falcon,' an acclaimed play sympathetic to women recruited by ISIS. The charge? 'Justifying terrorism.' The plaintiffs have appealed being held in pretrial detention three times; each time, the court has denied it. The prosecution, on the other hand, has asked the court three times to postpone the trial 'to interview important witnesses'; each time, the court has granted the request. Being a feminist is not against the law in Russia. But if Ms. Berkovich and Ms. Petriychuk are found guilty,...more
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"It has been more than six months since the Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and the theater director Zhenya Berkovich were arrested and jailed for their work on 'Finist, the Bright Falcon,' an acclaimed play sympathetic to women recruited by ISIS. The charge? 'Justifying terrorism.' The plaintiffs have appealed being held in pretrial detention three times; each time, the court has denied it. The prosecution, on the other hand, has asked the court three times to postpone the trial 'to interview important witnesses'; each time, the court has granted the request. Being a feminist is not against the law in Russia. But if Ms. Berkovich and Ms. Petriychuk are found guilty,...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The next year, authorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent.) In 2021, they shut down a major national feminist festival, Moscow FemFest. 'They didn’t refer to any laws but simply said, ‘We need to clear the space,' the festival’s founder, Lola Tagaeva, told me. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country. More than 100 of its activists have faced various forms of persecution, the organization...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The next year, authorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent.) In 2021, they shut down a major national feminist festival, Moscow FemFest. 'They didn’t refer to any laws but simply said, ‘We need to clear the space,' the festival’s founder, Lola Tagaeva, told me. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country. More than 100 of its activists have faced various forms of persecution, the organization...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[A]uthorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent)" (para 10). "Ms. Rivina, the Nasiliu.net founder, countered receiving foreign agent status by starting a new national help line for domestic violence victims" (para 16).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[A]uthorities designated the prominent Russian nonprofit Nasiliu.net, which supports domestic violence victims, as a foreign agent, a label regularly applied to critics of Mr. Putin’s politics. (Nasiliu.net’s founder, Anna Rivina, was personally deemed a foreign agent)" (para 10). "Ms. Rivina, the Nasiliu.net founder, countered receiving foreign agent status by starting a new national help line for domestic violence victims" (para 16).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country" (para 11).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Feminist Antiwar Resistance quickly formed and became one of the loudest protest movements in the country" (para 11).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"A domestic abuse law introduced in the legislature, the State Duma, in 2019 went nowhere" (para 10).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"A domestic abuse law introduced in the legislature, the State Duma, in 2019 went nowhere" (para 10).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-2
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper'" (para 12).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-2
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper'" (para 12).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper' and announced a national initiative to control the circulation of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies. At least two Russian regions have already outlawed 'coercing' women into abortion, and in two other places, annexed Crimea and Kursk, private clinics have nearly stopped providing abortions altogether. Women nationwide have been panic-buying emergency contraception pills amid fears of a national ban" (para 12).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper' and announced a national initiative to control the circulation of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies. At least two Russian regions have already outlawed 'coercing' women into abortion, and in two other places, annexed Crimea and Kursk, private clinics have nearly stopped providing abortions altogether. Women nationwide have been panic-buying emergency contraception pills amid fears of a national ban" (para 12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Today, Russian abortion rates have fallen drastically from their Soviet highs but remain slightly above average. According to the US think tank Rand, the incidence of abortion in Russia is the world’s highest. In 2020, Russia had 314 abortions to 1,000 live births, compared with 188 in the European Union, according to the World Health Organization" (para 27-29).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Today, Russian abortion rates have fallen drastically from their Soviet highs but remain slightly above average. According to the US think tank Rand, the incidence of abortion in Russia is the world’s highest. In 2020, Russia had 314 abortions to 1,000 live births, compared with 188 in the European Union, according to the World Health Organization" (para 27-29).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Terminating a pregnancy is a legal and widely available procedure in Russia, but in recent weeks and months, a flurry of new laws appear to limit abortion access amid fears of further population declines and a push towards conservatism. In August and November, two Russian regions – Mordovia and Tver – passed laws punishing anyone found to 'coerce' women into abortions. In October, lawmakers approved legislation restricting access to abortion drugs, measures that could also affect the sale of some contraceptives" (para 4-6). "Other private clinics in Russia have limited the provision of abortions too. Women are pushed instead to go to government clinics, where wait times are long. At...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Terminating a pregnancy is a legal and widely available procedure in Russia, but in recent weeks and months, a flurry of new laws appear to limit abortion access amid fears of further population declines and a push towards conservatism. In August and November, two Russian regions – Mordovia and Tver – passed laws punishing anyone found to 'coerce' women into abortions. In October, lawmakers approved legislation restricting access to abortion drugs, measures that could also affect the sale of some contraceptives" (para 4-6). "Other private clinics in Russia have limited the provision of abortions too. Women are pushed instead to go to government clinics, where wait times are long. At...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The Russian Orthodox church is also pushing for new proposals to cut the timeframe for legal abortion to eight weeks or 12 weeks in cases of rape" (para 34).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The Russian Orthodox church is also pushing for new proposals to cut the timeframe for legal abortion to eight weeks or 12 weeks in cases of rape" (para 34).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"A lack of contraceptives during the Soviet era meant that abortion, whether performed more safely while legal or dangerously while illegal, was the country’s primary form of birth control, said Michele Rivkin-Fish, an associate professor at the University of Carolina’s Department of Anthropology. 'The Soviet government was not opposed to contraceptives, but they never did much to ensure they’d be available. In the 1990s, there was much more openness to family planning, but it took about a decade for people to understand the safety and usefulness of contraception,' she said. Some of that resistance to contraceptives was linked to the same demographic fears that still haunt Russia today, according to...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"A lack of contraceptives during the Soviet era meant that abortion, whether performed more safely while legal or dangerously while illegal, was the country’s primary form of birth control, said Michele Rivkin-Fish, an associate professor at the University of Carolina’s Department of Anthropology. 'The Soviet government was not opposed to contraceptives, but they never did much to ensure they’d be available. In the 1990s, there was much more openness to family planning, but it took about a decade for people to understand the safety and usefulness of contraception,' she said. Some of that resistance to contraceptives was linked to the same demographic fears that still haunt Russia today, according to...more