A bill banning "propaganda" of abortion was passed in the Kursk region of Russia

The kursk regional duma has passed a bill to ban "inducing" women to have abortions. This is reported by Russian media, UNN reports.

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The document was introduced to the duma by governor roman starovoit. According to the Minister of Health of the Kursk region, katerina pisatnaya, it provides for a ban on "propaganda" of abortion and the child-free lifestyle, for example, "aggressive information" about it on social networks.

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Violation of the law is punishable by fines of three to five tax-free minimum incomes for citizens, 10 to 20 thousand for officials, and 30 to 50 thousand for legal entities.

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The campaign to restrict the right to abortion in Russia has been going on for a long time. In particular, some regions have banned abortions in private clinics, and some have introduced fines for "inducing" abortions

In addition,  in several regions, private clinics have allegedly voluntarily decided not to perform abortions.

At the same time, the speaker of the federation council, valentina matvienko , stated that the russian authorities "will definitely not go the route" of banning and criminalizing abortion.  

To recap,

russian state duma deputy sultan khamzayev proposed to give money to women who refuse to undergo an artificial abortion. The parliamentarian proposed to hand over the child to the Russian state after childbirth