The proposed law text is posted on the Vkontakte page of a church in Severodvinsk. Churches in Novodvinsk and Arkhangelsk are also collecting signatures aimed at the regional assembly to take action and adopt a new anti-abortion law.
It should not be allowed to propagate abortion, and it should not be allowed to assist with termination of pregnancy anywhere in the Arkhangelsk region, the proposed law text suggest.
In social media, the church has posted a banner of an unborn baby side-by-side with a young child dressed up in combat uniform:
“Protect me today, I can protect you tomorrow. Abortion is murder,” the text reads.
Russia’s intensified campaigns against abortion follows Vladimir Putin’s decision to declare 2024 “the Year of the Family.”
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In undeveloped countries, children are free workforce, and birth control is not abundantly available.
They also tend to have more kids with the expectation that they may lose a few.
Is or was Russia a developed country?
The western areas are, the eastern areas are not, in broad strokes.
They are only conscripting the undeveloped areas.