Abortion and prolife movements in Russia

"You kill not only a child, a living being, but a part of yourself, something that was alive in you," said Irina, a 25-year-old Muscovite who has had three abortions. The young women who were interviewed declined to give their last names. "There's a trauma and a grief you suffer. You murder a child. It was much more difficult than I expected."

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What struck me about this article is the statements/attitudes so similar to many in this country. With no strong antiabortion movement to slow things, Russia is probably further down the road on the consequences of easily accessible abortion than we are. For that reason I found the article illuminating. My old man used to say experience is a great teacher but only a damned fool relied solely on his own. That applies to countries also.