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Russia Health Minister Suggests Cutting Abortions to Combat Underpopulation

Moscow, Russia (LifeNews.com) -- A top health minister in Russia suggests the nation should consider cutting abortions to combat its problems of underpopulation. The Russian nation is desperately in need of people as the prevalence of abortions has caused such severe problems that it has ravaged the nation's workforce.

Underpopulation is rampant in Russia, which is seeing worker shortages that are hampering the economy and companies across the country. The nation's population shrank by 12 million people in the last 16 years alone.

While some government-sponsored efforts have helped, the troubled economy and continued abortions are crippling the country.

Health Minister Tatyana Golikova said the Russian government is meeting to determine how to reduce abortions. "The topic of reducing abortions is definitely on today's agenda. This won't solve the birthrate problem 100 percent, but around 20 to 30 percent," Russian news agencies indicated Golikova saying.

Golikova said there were 1.714 million births in Russia in 2008 but 1.234 million abortions as the country continued having one of the highest abortion rates in the world along with other eastern European nations. Ref. Source 7

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Demographic disaster? 13 abortions for every 10 births in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to fight back against a possible "Demographic disaster." Ref. Source 6

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Russia Considers Banning Abortions as Abortion Decimates Its Population

Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning abortion advertising. Some members of the Duma (The Russian state assembly), are talking about going even further and banning the procedure itself. Ref. Source 9