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Abortion law became more liberalised in Eastern Europe in the 1950s after the installation of communist regimes across the Eastern Bloc. The reintroduction of abortion in Soviet law in 1955 [28] was accompanied by similar changes in: Hungary – 1953 [29] Poland and Bulgaria – 1956 [30] Czechoslovakia and Romania – 1957 [31]
Soviet poster circa 1925 warning against traditional home abortions by midwives. Title translation: "Miscarriages induced by either self-taught midwives or obstetricians not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death." The Soviet government was the first government in Europe to legalize abortion.
Many historical Communist countries, primarily in Europe, allowed abortion on request or due to socioeconomic factors. The Soviet Union under Stalin and Romania under Ceaușescu, however, took action to further limit abortions, and other Communist countries retained prohibitive laws against them.
Abortion laws vary widely among ... the Soviet government legalized abortion in state hospitals. ... the European Court of Human Rights found that the European ...
Abortion became a common way of dealing with an unwanted pregnancy amid the harsh Soviet economy, even though Rivkin-Fish said conditions at clinics often were “terrible.” “Anesthesia was in ...
Abortion in Lithuania is legal and available on request until the ninth week of pregnancy using special medication, up to 12th week using surgery and up to 22 weeks for medical reasons using surgery. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] While Lithuania was a Republic of the Soviet Union (as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ), abortions were regulated by ...
Where is abortion legal and where is abortion illegal? A guide explaining which countries allow abortion and which countries strictly restrict or outlaw abortion.
The Russian Criminal Code outlines laws against sexual crimes, but these issues are commonly underreported among Russian women. As few as 5-10% of rape survivors report their rape, and many women do not tell their families. This leads to complications in seeking mental and physical care, as well as access to abortion.