Number of abortions in Russia has decreased by 24,5%

Head of the Russian Health Ministry Veronika Skvortsova reports that the number of abortions in the country has decreased.

"It is important to say that thanks to active measures of psychological support of pregnant women, organization of pre-abortion consultation service in maternity hospitals and prenatal clinics, the number of abortions has decreased by 8% in 2015. That is 67,000 children born. And if compared to 2011 - by 24,5%," Skvortsova said on Wednesday speaking at a governmental session dedicated to the demographic situation in Russia.

The Russian Church has expressed concerns with the scale of abortions in the country. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia urged for the exclusion of abortions from the Compulsory Health Insurance system, speaking in the State Duma and the Federation Council.

He pointed out that statistics did not register the majority of abortions and the number of abortions by medication was growing.

Source: Pravoslavie.ru