The
Orthodox Church is in principle against abortion but so far refrained from entering the public debate.
Opposition deputy Andriy Shkil has submitted a bill to parliament banning voluntary abortions, with a few exceptions. He said this would boost the birth rate after the population fell from 52 to 46 million in the last 12 years.
"A million couples in
Ukraine are infertile, 868,000 of those due to the women's infertility, which in 80 percent of cases is caused by voluntary abortion," he …
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