Posted on 10/20/2023 1:20:33 PM PDT by Morgana
Russia’s Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that it will be restricting abortion pill access from September 1, 2024 through 2030.
Under the new restriction, a doctor’s prescription will be required to obtain the abortion pill drugs mifepristone and misoprostol at a pharmacy. Pharmacies and hospitals wishing to dispense the abortion pill must also have a special license, and they must report how many pills they have sold.
This is a significant change from the current law, which allows women to get abortion pills for free from any pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription.
According to The Moscow Times, the Health Ministry previously suggested restricting abortion pill sales in July, noting that taking the abortion pill without a doctor’s oversight can lead to a greater risk of complications, especially in cases of ectopic pregnancy. Live Action News has shared many of the risks and complications that come with taking the abortion pill, including the death of an Indian woman who died because she took the pill with an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy.
Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has also mentioned the need for restrictions due to the “abuse” of abortion pill distribution. Data released in August revealed that distribution had reached an all-time high, with 1.4 million drugs sold in 2022, a 60% increase from 2021. Despite the soaring sales, government data also shows that abortion rates actually dropped — a contradiction some experts attribute to people wanting to stock up in case of greater government oversight.
In addition to mitigating the risks, Murashko’s attempt to stymie abortion pill use is also likely due in part to the country’s demographic crisis. The country’s leaders have previously indicated that reducing the abortion rates, which were among some of the highest in the world, would be one of its key policy strategies for fighting the declining population.
“Reducing abortion rates is a key task that we are working on,” Murashko told a meeting of lawmakers in July.
The political elites in US and Europe think they can just import an underclass from Asia, Africa and South America to fix the problem
Like the Romans before them, they might end up learning the down side to that idea in the next generation.
“This is a significant change from the current law, which allows women to get abortion pills for free from any pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription.”
Vlad’s Giving them Away Like Candy Abortion pills will not longer be free.
That Russia is making good progress and is leaning toward Christianity is a blessing.
No other nation has done so well at recovery from Communism.
Particularly when undermined by the Degenerate, Western, Marxist Left.
You are absolutely correct.
Russia is heading over a demographic cliff with low birth rates and a history of a very high abortion rate and that is what their change in attitude is about (and have said so). If they were pro-life their abortion laws would have never been this lax to begin with.
Russia (and many other lands) Need more Babies! You can only go so long with importing people.
True and Russia is actually doing something about it.
Russia also banned transgender surgeries.
“It takes some time to extract a Nation from the Evil of Communism.”
Good to see that ending Free Abortion Pills for All is on Vlad’s First 10,000 Days in Office Agenda.
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Russia has the highest abortion rate in the world. More conservative my ass!
Example: Methodists with Homo and Tranny Pastors.
Lol you guys. Russia has a birth rate of only 1.6 (it ranks 185th in the world!) and then on top of that has negative net migration and a sky high death rate. We will bury them. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
“Russia has the highest abortion rate in the world.”
Are you trying to say that handing out Abortion Pills like Halloween Candy is not conservative?
Russia doesn’t import, it exports people. Very sad situation largely explained by terrible politics.
“Russia is more conservative.”
You know nothing about Russia. One of the highest rates of abortion and lowest church attendance in the world.
Good to see that providing Free Abortion Pills for All is on America's Woke Marxist Democrat Agenda for the last Century.
Funny you haven’t said what country you’re in. Which country are you patriotic too?
Hookers hit hardest have to look for work.
Current US Birth rate is 1.64
We all going to get buried
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