Russia is a far more moral country than many other places except in one regard. Abortion. Russia has one of the highest abortion rates anywhere and they’re suffering for it. I’m glad to see many lawmakers and religious leaders in Russia have said its time to start cracking down on the abortion industry for the good of the country.
According to this Russia’s abortion rate has declined steeply from the unreal numbers in the early 90’s. But I still think it is high as compared to the US. There where around 42 abortions per 100 live births in 2012 Russia, in 2003 USA there were 24 from what I have found, which supports your idea. It could be that they are just using better 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.
“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, there was a peak of something like 280 abortions per 100 live births in the early 90’s.
Freegards