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Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russian MPs on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) called for a ban on promoting childless lifestyles, the latest measures targeting what Moscow depicts as a liberal “ideology” at odds with Russia’s conservative values. Facing an ageing population and low birth rates, Moscow is seeking to reverse…
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Abortions were banned under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin but a commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and…
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