INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Russian government could be moving closer toward outlawing abortion, experts and activists have told The Moscow Times, as its wartime
the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies and bar all privately owned medical facilities from administering the abortion
mounting pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church lobby, which wants to edge the country toward a complete abortion ban in its quest to
abortion is considered the safest method of terminating a pregnancy, the procedure is only available in privately run clinics in most
controls over abortion-inducing drugs, a move that would not introduce any significant limitations but would nevertheless placate religious
procession along the rivers and canals of St
Petersburg in support of the nationwide collection of signatures to ban abortion, organized by the anti-abortion Warriors of Life
movement.Igor Nikitin / KommersantUnder current Russian law, women can get an abortion on request up to the 12th week of pregnancy
In some exceptional cases specified in the law, including rape, death of the husband during pregnancy and imprisonment, an abortion may be
who want to get an abortion already face an array of obstacles, according to reproductive rights activists from several Russian regions who
Oftentimes, this counseling is provided not by a professionally trained psychiatrist, but by an individual who underwent
government-sanctioned training.The official training manual seen by The Moscow Times advises counselors to structure conversations in a way
that would discourage the woman from getting an abortion
The manual also labels women who refuse to discuss their psycho-emotional health with the counselor, or say that they have made the final
women from having an abortion, often using pseudoscientific arguments such as that abortion could lead to infertility or have a severe,
irreversible impact on a woman's health, activists say.Feminist and leftist activists staging a picket in St
mandatory pre-abortion screening results, while some medical professionals refuse to perform abortions on the basis of their fundamental
from state-employed doctors, this is not an option for many women living in small towns or rural localities with only one state-run
procedure could be performed at a private clinic
rights advocates agreed that vocal disagreement from women is, perhaps, the only thing still keeping the country from imposing a total
