Russian Lawmakers Prepare For Major Crackdown on Abortion
By Anonymous — Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia‘s Orthodox Church teamed with Conservative parliamentarians Monday to push legislation that would radically restrict abortions in a nation struggling to cope with one of the world’s lowest birthrates. The legislation would ban free abortions at government-run clinics and prohibit the sale of the morning-after pill without a prescription, said Yelena Mizulina, who heads a parliamentary committee on families, women and children. She added that... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/russian-lawmakers-prepare-for-major-crac... |