ASIFri, 28 Jun 2024 23:56 UTC
© Sputnik / Pavel BednyakovFILE: Deputies at the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
According to the
RIA Novosti news agency, the Russian State Duma's Health Protection Committee has sent proposals to the Federation's Ministry of Health, asking them to
consider reducing the time limit on abortions from twelve to nine weeks at a woman's request.
The Duma Committee has also said that
pregnancy due to rape should be a key social criterion for having an abortion.
The Committee has also recommended that the Federal Service for Surveillance in Health Care (
Roszdravnadzor) should
strengthen its oversight of drugs used in performing abortions in order to prevent their use away from hospitals.
The Federation's Council of Ministers
needs to increase the availability of medical and social support for pregnant women, regardless of where they live. The proposals also include a recommendation for further action to be taken to inform the population about reproductive health care,
Alexei Kurinny, Deputy Chair of the Duma's Health Protection Committee, has denied reports circulating in the media that he and his colleagues have asked the Ministry of Health to consider reducing the time limit on abortions from twelve to nine weeks. "I should make it clear straight away that
no such decision has been made by the Committee - this is just one of the suggestions that emerged from a recent round-table event organised by the Committee. There were a number of proposals, including
some that were a bit over-the-top. Personally, I'm not in favour of such an approach", wrote Kurinny on his Telegram Channel.
Comment: RUNews24
reports:
MP Khamzaev: The number of abortions in Russia is only growing and becoming dangerous
Khamzaev also emphasized the problem of substitution of concepts in society, especially concerning legislation. He pointed to the contradiction in the fact that the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation equates the murder of a pregnant woman with double murder, while abortion remains legal and authorized by law.
State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev spoke out about the serious abortion situation in Russia during an interview on Radio KP. He put forward an initiative to buy back children from women who decide to terminate pregnancy in order to significantly reduce the number of abortions in the country. According to Khamzaev, this is especially relevant in the context of a low birth rate.
However, the deputy's idea was not supported by his colleagues in parliament. Nevertheless, Khamzaev is confident that in time, society may come to demand such measures.
In his speech, he expressed hope that society could develop a more humane attitude towards the lives of children whom people themselves conceived and abandon the practice of abortion.
He concluded by emphasizing the importance of approaching the issue from the point of view of humanity and morality, urging society to think about the logic and consequences of its actions towards unborn children.
Earlier, the State Duma proposed to reduce the term for termination of pregnancy to 9 weeks, as well as according to the new rules of the Ministry of Health before abortion a woman will be forced to listen to the heartbeat of the fetus.
It remains to be seen whether that last highlighted point is indeed adopted into the new rules.
Amidst a declining birth rate across much of the developed world; a shift away from what may be termed liberal, Western values; a growing interest in tradition, spirituality, and a greater discourse on morality; alongside ever more sophisticated technologies; it seems that in a great many countries, abortion and its applicability is increasingly up for debate:
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My wife, being born in the mid-'70s there (the Soviet Union), told me a few stories about class mates that got pregnant at age 14....16. Some even more than once. And they went straight to the abortion clinic every time.