Abortion Legislation

The Russian Orthodox Church has consistently supported the war and opposed abortion. Nikolai Platonov, an anti-war priest, takes a different view and opposes the Patriarchate’s rhetoric. We asked him to share his thoughts on the statements being made by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church today and their attacks on women’s autonomy. Friends, you’ve asked … “First put an end to all wars, so that women won’t be afraid to give birth!”: anti-war priest Nikolai Platonov on the right to abortion

In 1920, the USSR became the first country to legalize abortions at the request of a woman, but four years later the right to abortion was limited, and in 1936 there came out a decree banning abortions altogether. In this article, gender researcher Sasha Talaver tells how the abortion ban in the USSR affected women. … “I don’t have the strength to bear two children a year”: how Soviet women asked to lift the abortion ban

Over the past two decades, Russia has seen an uptick in policies limiting access to abortion. Several new measures were introduced in 2023, including stricter regulation of medical abortion drugs, laws imposing liability for ‘inducement to abort’ in the Republic of Mordovia and Tver Oblast, and some private clinics’ refusal to offer abortions in certain … Protecting life from conception: The Russian Orthodox Church’s anti-abortion rhetoric as part of a global traditionalist agenda