In the Kursk region, fines were introduced for “inducing” abortions and “promoting childfree”

The Kursk Regional Duma adopted a bill “prohibiting the inducement of women to undergo artificial termination of pregnancy.” This was reported on her telegram channel.

The adopted document prohibits “the promotion of abortion and the childfree lifestyle,” said the Minister of Health of the Kursk Region, Ekaterina Pismennaya. She cited “aggressive information on social networks” as an example. Now for this there are fines from three to five thousand rubles for individuals, from 10 to 20 thousand for officials and from 30 to 50 thousand for legal entities.

According to Pismennaya , most private clinics in the Kursk region have already “voluntarily refused” to perform abortions. She added that “pregnant women who have doubts are supported by qualified psychologists and provided with explanations by social workers.”

introducing fines for “inducing” abortions in the Kursk region proposed On December 6 , local governor Roman Starovoyt . The explanatory note to the document stated that it was aimed at “protecting the institution of the family and solving the problem of demography.”

Previously, fines for “inducing” to terminate a pregnancy were introduced in Mordovia , Kaliningrad and Tver regions. for the adoption of a similar law at the federal level In November, Patriarch Kirill called .

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