State Duma deputies propose to ban free abortions – BBC Russian

• 19 May 2015
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In the State Duma a bill on withdrawal of abortion from the system of compulsory medical insurance and holding them only in public health facilities.

The authors of the initiative by deputies Yelena Mizulina, Olga Yepifanova Yaroslav Nilov, Elena Senatorova Olga Alimov .

The document proposes to punish abortion out of state medical institution significant fines.

“Abortion from the budget of the mandatory health insurance is only possible if there are medical or social reasons,” – said the press service of the deputy Mizulina.

In addition, the document prohibits the retail sale of medicinal products intended for the artificial termination of pregnancy.

As noted in the explanatory note to the document, after the medical termination of pregnancy without medical supervision may have serious consequences for women’s health.

“The effects of such procedures thoroughly until now have not been studied. Such drugs are definitely not to be available for sale: only in hospitals and public health care prescribed by a doctor, “- the press service quoted Mizulina.

Mandatory ultrasound

This group of parliamentarians introduced another draft law on the subject of abortion.

It provides that pregnant women to referral for abortion will be asked to go for ultrasound imaging of the fetus and its heartbeat or listening to the heartbeat of the fetus.

“Studies show that about 80% of refuse abortion, seeing the child on the ultrasound monitor. The experience of those countries where we have introduced visualization listening heartbeat of a child in the womb, suggests that this measure is able to affect the decision of the expectant mother to get rid of the child, “- said Mizulina.

This is not the first legislative initiative Deputies in connection with abortion in recent years. In early May, the State Duma made a proposal to pay for abortion took the fathers.

And in April, the Russian government refused to support the bill deputy Yevgeny Fyodorov, who proposed to introduce in country criminalize abortion is not made for medical reasons.