The Rapid And Mostly Unnoticed Decline Of Abortion In Russia

This in about Demographics, and tagged , , was written by on February 8, 2013 . 36 Comments

One of the keystones of the “Dying Bear” meme is the factoid that abortions outnumber births in Russia. As Mark Steyn put it, “When it comes to the future, most Russian women are voting with their fetus.” The only problem is that there is no causal relation between abortions and demographic health whatsoever – and […]

Russia’s “Abortion Apocalypse”: А был ли мальчик?

This in about Demographics, and tagged , , , was written by on October 22, 2009 . 2 Comments

Remember the hysterical stories back in winter 2009 about how Russia was going to see soaring abortions that would strip away all the “transient” improvements in its fertility rate over the last few years? Remember the glee this gave to Russophobes who saw it as a vindication of their criticisms / rantings against the Russian […]