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  • Ukraine's birth rate was already dangerously low. Then war broke out

    02/24/2023 5:33:49 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 17 replies
    NPR ^ | February 22, 2023 | Claire Harbage and Elissa Nadworny
    KYIV, Ukraine — They never wanted children. Yuliia Oleksienko says she and her husband Oleksandr made that decision long before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. "We talked about it many times," says 31-year-old Oleksienko, "and we always saw ourselves as being child-free in our future." The war has only cemented that decision, with security, economics and political stability all playing a factor. "You should give birth when you can provide your child with everything they need," Oleksienko says. And she wonders, how can you do that right now in Ukraine? Important personal decisions like this across the country have contributed...