According to the Russian government itself, 70 percent of all pregnancies in Russia end in abortion. Little wonder that the resulting demographic crisis has more than a few alarmed. However, as several countries in Western Europe have discovered, it was a lot easier to let the demons of abortion out of Pandora's box than it is to get them back in.At least 1.6 million Russian women underwent abortions last year, 20 % of them under the age of 18.
Even the President, Vladimir Putin, is alarmed and he tried to warn the nation about the economic disaster facing Russia if there isn't a quick and dramatic turn around in the birth rate. For instance, pensioners now outnumber Russians 18 or younger for the first time in Russia's history. For a country already battling poverty, this situation is one full of dread.
