The proposed law text is posted on the Vkontakte page of a church in Severodvinsk. Churches in Novodvinsk and Arkhangelsk are also collecting signatures aimed at the regional assembly to take action and adopt a new anti-abortion law.

It should not be allowed to propagate abortion, and it should not be allowed to assist with termination of pregnancy anywhere in the Arkhangelsk region, the proposed law text suggest.

In social media, the church has posted a banner of an unborn baby side-by-side with a young child dressed up in combat uniform:

“Protect me today, I can protect you tomorrow. Abortion is murder,” the text reads.

Russia’s intensified campaigns against abortion follows Vladimir Putin’s decision to declare 2024 “the Year of the Family.”

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  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.net
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    Anyone who is or was a parent knows how much work it is to bring up even one human being to then throw away all this work for nothing, not very compelling. Rather would I spent my time at the beach.

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      The Russians I’ve met don’t want to improve the world, they want to drag everyone down to their level of misery.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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        The Russians I’ve met were good, honest, creative and friendly people. That said, all the Russians I’ve met have left Russia.

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          The russians I’ve met also left Russia and now live in germany and watch russia state TV and vote AFD.