“The problem (abortions. - RT ) was really very acute in Russia in the early 2000s. The number of abortions at that time was 2.13 million. But now these are already fundamentally different numbers. If we exclude medical indications, then it is less than 600 thousand (according to the results of 2018), ”TASS quotes it.
Golikova noted that although there is nothing to “brag about”, nevertheless, according to her, this indicator is an extremely “positive shift”.
In April, Golikova said that more than 750 thousand abortions are recorded annually in Russia. Also, the vice-premier added that at the present time “the primary age of the first-giving mother is 25–34 years.
In January, State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov, in an interview with Channel Five, proposed equating abortion with murder.