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23.01.2009, 05:37
Abortion – a matter of choice or murder? Anti- abortion activists have gathered in Washington D.C for their annual March for Life protest. Planned parenthood clinics in the capital fear that protestors will harass their patients.
22.12.2008, 09:55
All pregnant Russian women now have access to pre-natal screening to determine whether their child is suffering disabilities such as Down's syndrome. But very often the tests prove to be woefully inaccurate.
16.12.2008, 03:00
Police in Moscow are investigating the gruesome discovery of five dead babies in a rubbish bin. Medical workers are trying to determine whether they had been aborted or were still-born.
01.06.2010, 22:44
A set of charity events and festivals to mark World Children’s Day have been held across Russia to remind adults about their responsibilities to children and focus on burning issues.
11.06.2009, 14:06
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has demanded that a four-year-old-girl be saved from almost certain death. The girl’s parents, who are Jehovah's Witnesses, were preventing hospital doctors from treating her.
16.07.2010, 20:29
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Finland rejected cooperation with Russia to protect the rights of children from mixed marriages. Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman, Pavel Astakhov, called the Finn’s decision “a serious blunder of international law.”
04.07.2009, 11:22
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Police in Russia's Far East have found a six-year-old who lived with the family's pets in a kennel. Doctors say she is healthy, but lags behind in her psychological development.
01.02.2010, 20:24
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Russia's population increased last year to 142 million - its first growth in a decade and a half. But according to a recent UN report, it could shrink by 20% before 2050.
23.01.2010, 07:45
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Russia is pushing for the integrated education of special needs children following the UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities.
18.07.2009, 10:50
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She had to fight for survival in the wild just minutes after being born. The baby girl was abandoned by her mother in the harsh conditions of a Russian forest for 12 hours until she was found by a stranger.
Published: 03 March, 2009, 22:24
The ongoing financial crisis has pushed many Russian women to have an abortion. And now experts predict the number of babies born may drop by almost 200 thousand next year.
