Abortion in Russia is not officially prohibited. Liberal legislation-but due to different prohibitions, women are increasingly refused to terminate pregnancy
The main thing from the study of the "Russian BBC service" Dmitry Yagodkin / TASS / Profimedia Due to various restrictions, the Russian regions actually formed “abortion inequality”, the BBC Russian Service said. On paper, Russian legislation on abortions, especially in comparison with some other countries, looks quite liberal, experts surveyed by the publication say. But in fact, in Russia there are many informal solutions that lead to the fact that women refuse to terminate pregnancy.