In the Tver region, every pregnant woman will be given a letter from the Metropolitan urging her not to have an abortion.

In the Tver region, all pregnant women who contact the antenatal clinic will be given a letter from Metropolitan Ambrose of Tver and Kashin. As stated in a message on the website of the Tver Metropolitanate, the letter is addressed to women who “face the most difficult choice: to save or kill their baby.”

The Metropolitan calls pregnancy “a miracle that every time fills the world anew with hope and light.”

“During this period of both joy and excitement, it is important to remember that you are not alone. God, Church and society are with you. You can always count on us.

Around you is a community, a Church, and loved ones who will support and provide assistance, share your joy and come to your aid in moments of doubt and anxiety. We are all together - part of the great mystery of creating a new life with your participation. A sacrament that is blessed by the Creator of the world Himself.”

The Ministry of Health of Tatarstan urged women to give birth to their first child before the age of 25, Vechernyaya Kazan writes today. The chief specialist of the department for reproductive health, Firaya Sabirova, recalled that with age, a woman has fewer eggs and by the age of 35, difficulties with conceiving may appear.

Earlier in September, the Ministry of Health of the Voronezh Region created a Telegram bot “For Birth”, through which you can, among other things, contact a psychologist and a priest. In the Belgorod region, for more than ten years, there has been a practice of sending women who come to have an abortion for a conversation with an Orthodox priest.