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Russia Edges Closer to Abortion Ban in Quest to Preserve ‘Traditional Values’ (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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While Russia has historically had a liberal abortion policy — with the exception of the Stalin-era ban — the conservative turn among the country's leadership, combined with a push from the Russian Orthodox Church, have put a target on the issue.

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[–] tal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I once tried eyeballing -- no serious statistical analysis -- national total fertility rates for a number of countries and then looking up when abortion became legal. I didn't see an obvious drop anywhere around legalization.

Legalized oral contraception did have a visible difference, though.

I'm not sure that re-banning abortion is actually gonna have much impact on fertility rates, though I'd be interested to see whether someone running an actual statistical analysis turns up anything.

A complicating factor might be enforcement level -- like, some countries might have had abortion be illegal at some point in time but also not enforced laws on it much. I did not attempt to account for that. Also might be a spillover effect from nearby countries with legalized abortion; people might just have traveled and gotten an abortion outside of their home region.