“Patriarch Kirill also warned Russians against interfering with “God’s plan” by having abortions...”
It would be interesting to know how much the numbers and attitudes have changed in Russia since the Soviet days. Abortion numbers in many the communist nations during the Cold War and shortly thereafter were often staggering. Romania’s abortion rate, for example, once hit 80% - 8 out of every 10 pregnancies ending in abortion.
According to this Russia’s abortion rate has declined steeply from the unreal numbers in the early 90’s. This says there where around 42 abortions per 100 live births in 2012 Russia, in 2003 USA there were 24 from what I have found.
“So, in 2012 there were about 42 abortions per 100 live births, not 130. The last time the number of abortions exceeded the number of births by 30% or more was in 2002. Additionally, rather than representing “the most grisly statistic the world has ever seen,” an abortion rate 30% larger than the birth rate was actually a huge improvement from rates that prevailed in the early 1990s”
According to this, in Russia there was a peak of something like 280 abortions per 100 live births in the early 90’s. It could be that they are just using better western style birth control now, I suppose. Does anyone know if there is an official Russian Orthodox position on birth control within marriage? I have heard different things from posters on here before.
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