MOSCOW, August 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Financial pressures are pushing Russian women to abortion at a much higher rate than was previously thought. For the first time, Russian abortions have exceeded births and the rate shows no sign of slowing in the perennially unstable Russian economy.
... rampant abortion and environmental damage have rendered huge numbers of Russians infertile. Kulakov told the government newspaper that about 6 million women and 4 million men, about 7 % of Russia's population are incapable of having children. The birth rate and the life expectancy of Russians are so low that Vladimir Putin called it a “national problem” in a televised address in April.
... Russia's population is declining by 750,000 to 800,000 a year.
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Abortions: 1.6 million, Births: 1.5 million. Is this tragic state of affairs the sign of a slowing economy or a dying culture? I think its latter. Bloomberg has a related article.
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